I Quotes
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“It is the characteristic of privilege and of every privileged position to kill the mind and heart of men. The privileged man, whether practically or economically, is a man depraved in mind and heart.”
“It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.”
“It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.”
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
Source: The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction
“It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.”
“It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.”
“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”
“It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.”
Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783
“It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.”
“It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was.”
“It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.”
“It is the childlike innocence that connects grandparents and grandchildren in the cycle of life which reciprocates with a sense of belonging and blessing.”
“It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom.”
Source: Prosperity: Spiritual Secrets to an Abundant Life
“It is the childlike part of us that produces works of the imagination. When we were children time passed so slow with us that we seemed to have time for everything.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)
“It is the Christmas time:
And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth,
In glorious grief and solemn mirth,
The shining angels climb.”
“It is the church that must proclaim the law out of Zion”
“It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.”
“It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.”
“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.”
“It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that.”
“It is the clash of two different worlds that makes British-ness unique - we have an aristocratic, noble history, but it is always contrasted with something rebellious.”
“It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron.”
“It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried.”
Source: The Carl Rogers Reader
“It is the climbing of the mountain that makes the view from the top so breathtaking.”
“It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in life. Human knowledge is but an accumulation of small facts made by successive generations of men--the little bits of knowledge and experience carefully treasured up by them growing at length into a mighty pyramid.”
Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.”
Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.”
“It is the collective responsibility of the citizens in a modern state to ensure by all means necessary that its government adheres to the rule of law, not just domestically, but internationally. There are no bystanders. No one is entitled to an 'apolitical' exemption from such obligation. Where default occurs, either by citizens endorsement of official criminality or by the failure of citizens to effectively oppose it, liability is incurred by all”
“It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.”
“It is the combination of thought and love which forms the irresistible force of the law of attraction.”
Source: The Master Key System: 2nd Edition: Open the Secret to Health, Wealth and Love, 24 Lesson Workbook
“It is the common business of sacrifice to bring life and death into harmony, to give death the upsurge of life, life the momentousness and the vertigo of death opening on to the unknown. Here life is mingled with death, but simultaneously death is a sign of life, a way into the infinite.”
Source: Erotism: Death and Sensuality
“It is the common calamity of old age to lose whatever might have rendered it desirable.”
Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 3: Complete in Eight Volumes
“It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.”
“It is the common error of builders and parents to follow some plan they think beautiful (and perhaps is so) without considering that nothing is beautiful that is misplaced.”
“It is the common failing of an ambitious mind to over-rate itself.”
Source: Glenarvon (1816).
“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.”
“It is the common peoples duty to police the police.”
“It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.”
Source: The Comedies of Terence: And the Fables of Phædrus
“It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.”
“It is the community that suffers when it refuses to validate any outside standards, and won't allow even the legitimate exercise of authority by the professionals it has hired.”
Source: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
“It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.”
“It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.”
“It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never maintain a single day of unmingled innocence.”
“It is the conditioned mind that says, 'I'm lost.' Let mind be lost. Lose your mind. Lose your mind inside your heart.”
“It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.”
Source: Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works
“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
“It is the connection between customer and purveyor that makes our interactions stronger, to me eating well is not just about what tastes good but about the connections that are made through the food itself. I am hardly saying anything new by stating that our links to food have practically disappeared between sheets of plastic wrap but what are also disappearing are the wonderful vital human connections that we make when we buy something we love to eat from someone who loves to sell it, who bought it from someone who loves to grow it, catch it, or raise it. Whether we know it or not, great comfort is found in these relationships and they are very much a part of what solidifies a community.”
Source: Taste: My Life Through Food
“It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Saviour and Power for fruitbearing and His joy in possessing us, as His Bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change.”
“It is the considered belief of the writer of this book that wars are fought by the finest people that there are, or just say people, although, the closer you are to where they are fighting, the finer people you meet; but they are made, provoked and initiated by straight economic rivalries and by swine that stand to profit from them. I believe that all the people who stand to profit by a war and who help provoke it should be shot on the first day it starts by accredited representatives of the loyal citizens of their country who will fight it.
The author of this book would be very glad to take charge of this shooting.”
Source: A Farewell to Arms