Quotes having the keyword Mere
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
by Lao Tzu (Philosopher) keywords: appears, beginning, benevolence, conduct, disorder, expedience, expediency, lost, mere, right, shadow, truth , virtue As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life.
by Raoul Vaneigem (Philosopher, Belgian , born in 1934) keywords: become, been, life, mere, more, our, poverty, profound, reduced, survival, terms , way I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
by Lech Walesa (Activist, Polish , born in 1943) keywords: armies, belong, brutal, centuries, crossed, experienced, force, frontiers, had, hardships, invading, many, mere, nation, over, past, polish, reacted, reverses, silence, sovereign, state, succumb, sympathy, were, which , world I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.
by Richard Wall (Writer, British , born in 1950) keywords: admit, ample, culturally, eyes, intellectually, justification, lively, mention, mere, often, over, sociology , tend Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
by J. Donald Walters (Author) keywords: being, friendship, getting, happiness, mere, more, own, precious, principles, situations, stake, than, things, true, understanding, way, where , your Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
by Isaac Watts (Politician, English , born in 1674) keywords: allow, always, appearances, circumstances, depth, especially, far, hover, into, matters, mere, nor, penetrate, profession, relate, suddenly, surface, take, things, those, time, up, which , your The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived.
by Rebecca West (Author, Irish , born in 1892) keywords: experiencing, life, lived, memory, mere, merely, over, personal, power , such English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
by E. B. White (Comedian, American , born in 1899) keywords: across, education, english, getting, judgment, luck, mere, more, sheer, sometimes, street, taste, than , usage Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches.
by George Whitefield (Clergyman, American , born in 1714) keywords: christ, churches, heathen, jesus, mere, morality, most, our , preached At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil.
by Armstrong Williams (Journalist, American , born in 1959) keywords: allow, charges, cultural, dealing, decision, evil, insensitivity, make, mere, must, point, religious, some, stop, threat , us Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: beyond, carried, concerning, conscience, duty, even, faithful, far, had, her, mere, mother, needs, negroes, ownership, physical, qualms, render, requiring, sense, service, supplying , their My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results.
by Frank R. Wolf (Politician, American , born in 1939) keywords: action, america, awake, backs, body, boldness, christ, content, holy, hope, mere, neither, nor, prayer, results, silence, those, up, will , words And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
by Francis Wright (Activist, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: any, did, fill, good, mere, mind, place, preaching, put, something, these, things , vacuum The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.
by Arthur Young (Writer, English , born in 1741) keywords: imply, intending, know, lack, machinery, machines, man, mechanism, mere, nothing, philosophers, purpose, shows, talk, tendency, understanding, well , without
