I Quotes
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“It is easier to get rid of one's religion than to get rid of one's sins.”
“It is easier to give all your goods to feed the poor, or not to have any goods - only your virtues, to boast of - than it is to judge the rich with charity.”
“It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.”
Source: The Gathering Storm
“It is easier to gnaw through bone. Than the hide of the heart.”
Source: Lone Dog's Winter Count
“It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.”
“It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.”
“It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.”
Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“It is easier to hate those we love, than love those whom we have hated.”
“It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.”
“It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the marketplace of life's heartfelt transactions.”
“it is easier to induce national governments to discriminate against foreign producers than to defend the interests of domestic consumers”
“It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.”
Source: More Or Less about Myself
“It is easier to invest for cash flow during a financial crisis. So don't waste a good crisis by hiding your head in the sand. The longer the crisis lasts, the richer some people will become.”
“It is easier to keep a democracy alive than to resurrect it from the grave”
Source: The Endless Pendulum: Democracy, Right Wing, Left Wing, and The Sacred Conflict of Power
“It is easier to kill a million armed men than a single unarmed idea.”
“It is easier to kill than to heal. It is easier to destroy than to preserve. It is easier to tear down than to build. Those who feed on destructive emotions and ambitions and deny the responsibilities that are the price of wielding power can bring down everything you care for and would protect. Be on guard, always.”
Source: Heir to the Shadows: The Black Jewels Trilogy 2
“It is easier to kill what we do not know.”
“It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.”
“It is easier to know the truth than to seek the truth.”
“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”
“It is easier to learn a bad habit than to break one. It is easier to break a good habit than to learn one.”
Source: Miss Melville's Revenge
“It is easier to lie to yourself than hear others tell you that tell you that you are a fool.”
Source: Dangled Carat
“It is easier to live openly when you're not married. Not to get too much into the whole "romantic love" thing, but if you're going to live successfully with another person, there are things you have to keep to yourself. So the guy who lives on his own, I think, is more used to just expressing things openly.”
“It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.”
“It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.”
Source: The Feminine Mystique
“It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.”
“It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.”
“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.”
“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. ... Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are "vowed" to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. The all-seeing eye of a totalitarian regime is usually the watchful eye of the next-door neighbor. In a Communist state love of neighbor may be classed as counter-revolutionary.”
Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“It is easier to love people than to talk to them.”
“It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.”
“It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.”
Source: The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
“It is easier to make excuses about our circumstances than actually do anything about them.”
“It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.”
Source: Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife
“It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.”
Source: The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)
“It is easier to make war than to make peace.”
“It is easier to manufacture seven facts out of whole cloth than one emotion.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.”
Source: The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)
“It is easier to move a cemetery than to change a curriculum.”
“It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.”
“It is easier to move mountains using God's hands.”
“It is easier to not know than to not comprehend, for not knowing implies that the world is large, and that is a fact. Not comprehending is a far more personal fault.”
Source: Three
“It is easier to overcome people's judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment.”
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.”
“It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it; which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.”
“It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.”
“It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.”
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“It is easier to prevent thistles and habits than to uproot them.”
“It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.”