I Quotes
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“It is hardily credible of how great consequences before God the smallest things are; and what great inconveniences some times follow those which appear to be light faults.”
Source: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
“It is hardly a coincidence that the cadences of Chambers's HUAC testimony should anticipate the prose of Witness. The House Committee on Un-American Activities had given him his true voice...”
Source: Whittaker Chambers: A Biography
“It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“It is hardly an exaggeration to say that a chimpanzee kept in solitude is not a real chimpanzee at all.”
“It is hardly complimentary to God that we should choose him as an alternative to hell.”
“It is hardly fair to blame America for the state of San Francisco, for its population is cosmopolitan and its seaport attracts the floating vice of the Pacific; but be the cause what it may, there is much room for spiritual betterment.”
“It is hardly just the matrons and their priestesses, though. As this has sorted, there seem many more against our revolution than for it.”
“For many reasons, though,” Zak reminded.
“Fear of their matrons and of Lolth, of course. Or simply fear of this unknown future the Baenres have offered. They know the way it’s been, for the entirety their lives, even for those whose lives have spanned centuries. They know their place within that truth. They know the boundaries, the lines not to cross, the acts that give them gain and those that offer only pain. What do they know of this promised world beyond Lolth, particularly when it, too, from their perspective at least, will be under the designs of House Baenre?”
Source: Lolth's Warrior
“It is hardly lack of due process for the Government to regulate that which it subsidizes.”
“It is hardly possible not to suspect the truth of this doctrine of atonement, when we consider that the general maxims to which it may be reduced, are nowhere laid down, or asserted, in the Scriptures, but others quite contrary to them.”
Source: A History of the Corruptions of Christianity
“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.”
“It is hardly possible to estimate how many marriages fail to prosper or are actually ruined because the man lacks any inkling of the art of love.”
“It is hardly possible to maintain seriously that the evil done by science is not altogether outweighed by the good. For example, if ten million lives were lost in every war, the net effect of science would still have been to increase the average length of life.”
Source: A Mathematician's Apology
“It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.”
Source: Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld
“It is hardly respectable to be good nowadays.”
“It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science; while they are unable to read, for reading demands making judgments at every line. Conversation is almost dead, and soon so too will be those who knew how to speak.”
Source: Comments on the Society of the Spectacle
“It is hardly surprising that many survivors of ritual abuse develop DID in order to preserve their own sanity.”
Source: Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity: Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder
“It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world.”
Source: The House: Its Origins and Evolution
“It is hardly surprising that the malodorous field of garbology has not attained the popularity of rocket science, oil exploration, or brain surgery.”
Source: The Waste Crisis: Landfills, Incinerators, and the Search for a Sustainable Future
“It is hardly surprising that to this day New England is considered to be the pie capital of America, whose inhabitants traditionally eat (sweet) pie for breakfast. Apple pies in particular became deeply embedded in the history of America - associated with the old country, the new country and the pioneering spirit, and indelibly identified with the sense of nationhood and patriotic sentiment.”
Source: Pie: A Global History
“It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.”
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
“It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions.”
Source: Secrets of Chess Training
“It is hardship that makes clear who the "fighters" are.”
“It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.”
“It is harmful to remember previous sins in detail. For if they bring you sorrow, they will estrange you from hope, but if they are remembered without sorrow, they will introduce the previous defilement. If you want to bring to God an uncondemned confession, then don't remember your sins in detail, but manfully endure the suffering that is coming because of them.”
“It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.”
“It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.”
Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain
“It is has been postulated that all the events in a person’s life parallel those of past and future civilizations. The sages tell us that there is no individual truth. There exists only universal truth. Cultures endowed the basic reality that speaks to us with many names. The ultimate truth might or might not be a singular Godhead per se, but rather the oneness that we intuitively seek to connect with comes without manifestation or form. Liberation from suffering is what ultimately leads to union with this oneness, a sought after state of consciousness beyond being and nonbeing, beyond tangibility or comprehension. Surrendering all earthly attachments, renouncing all desires, and relinquishing any form of being, represent the inaugural steps I should make in order to connect with the sense of oneness that I seek. All things, people, and events of this world – grass, plants, trees, rivers, oceans, sand, stones, birds, fish, animals, insects, birth, death, flood, fire, pestilence, war, saints, crooks, heroes, delusion, and enlightenment – are part of a sacred reality.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.”
Source: Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld
“It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wishes to forsake God his blessedness, misery should forthwith result.”
“It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
“It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may eat thereof flesh that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that ye may seek (thus) of the bounty of GOD and that ye may be grateful.”
“It is He who is revealed in every face, sought in every sign, gazed upon by every eye, worshipped in every object of worship, and pursued in the unseen and the visible. Not a single one of His creatures can fail to find Him in its primordial and original nature.”
“It is He who manifests as both matter and consciousness. There is no place where God is not. In every atom, in every living being He alone is present.”
“It is He who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds…. Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.”
“It is He who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds We drive them to a land that is dead make rain to descend thereon and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.”
“It is He Who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, and out of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle. With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought.”
“It is He Who sent down to thee, in truth, the Book (Quran), confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (Quran) (of judgment between right and wrong). - Holy Quran 3:3”
Source: القرآن الكريم
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
“It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.”
Source: Certain Smile
“It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.”
“It is heartbreaking to me that I wasn't told the truth. I'm a very loyal guy, and I expect loyalty in return. And lying to me is not an exhibition of loyalty.”
“It is heartbreaking to see so many animals in distress through the Gulf Coast region. Many of them are frightened, confused, hungry, dehydrated and lost.”
“It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.”
Source: Child Life in Colonial Times
“It is heaven I long to know. It is a heart aching to see its embrace. Life on earth, but hope for Heaven: to find peace within. - Heaven”
Source: No Greater Love Than This
“It is heavy work to live without women's society & I would for rather while away an hour with this girl, who has nothing in the world to boast but good humor, than not flirt at all.”
Source: I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries, 1791-1840
“It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.”
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus
“It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator of mankind”
“It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.”
“It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.”