L Quotes
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“Let us reach for the world that ought to be -- that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls.”
“Let us reach out to the people and show them an abundance of goodwill. We must, however, learn to identify manipulations as well and uncover maneuvers in the dark if we do not want to be tricked by lying eyes. ("With confidence")”
“Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.”
“Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and reason. . . .”
Source: My Beliefs
“Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening to the voice within, not to the noisy babel without. Most of us possess discriminating reasoning powers. Can we use them or must we be fed by others like babes?”
“Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh.”
“Let us read thoughtfully; this is a great secret in the right use of books.”
“Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.”
“Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
“Let us realise [that] we are the infinite power. Who put a limit to the power of mind? Let us realise we are all mind. Every drop has the whole of the ocean in it. That is the mind of man. The Indian mind reflects upon these [powers and potentialities] and wants to bring [them] all out. For himself he doesn't care what happens. It will take a great length of time [to reach perfection]. If it takes fifty thousand years, what of that!”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.”
“Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.”
“Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!”
“Let us reason according to the Scriptures.”
“Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.”
“Let us recognize that we are all part of each other. We are all human. We are all one.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more than we would tolerate violent oppression espoused by any other bully in the name of a twisted rationale.”
“Let us recognize the ethical significance of whistle-blowers, the sentinels of truth and justice, who guide society through the perils of ignorance and ensure that freedom remains grounded in transparency. ("Alert. High noon.")”
“Let us recognize this one thing: burden is the secret of prayer. If a person does not feel within him burden to pray for a particular matter he can hardly succeed in prayer. In a prayer meeting some brothers and sisters may mention a great many subjects for prayer. But if you are not touched inwardly, you cannot pray.”
Source: Let Us Pray
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.”
Source: The Federalist
“Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.”
Source: Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
“Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in which they fall, let us trace the pattern, however disconnected and incoherent in appearance, which each sight or incident scores upon the consciousness. Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.”
Source: The Common Reader
“Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in which they fall.”
Source: The Common Reader
“Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For Indian tribes and tribal members, this means that the authority of tribal governments must be accorded the respect and support to which they are entitled under the law. It means that American Indian children and youth must be provided a solid education and the opportunity to go on to college. It means that more must be done to stimulate tribal economies, create jobs, and increase economic opportunities.”
“Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant. Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way. Running beer gathers no froth. No haste, gentlemen.”
“Let us reflect in another way, and we shall see that there is great reason to hope that death is a good; for one of two things—either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if you suppose that there is no consciousness, but a sleep like the sleep of him who is undisturbed even by dreams, death will be an unspeakable gain. For if a person were to select the night in which his sleep was undisturbed even by dreams, and were to compare with this the other days and nights of his life, and then were to tell us how many days and nights he had passed in the course of his life better and more pleasantly than this one, I think that any man, I will not say a private man, but even the great king will not find many such days or nights, when compared with the others. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is gain; for eternity is then only a single night. But if death is the journey to another place, and there, as men say, all the dead abide, what good, O my friends and judges, can be greater than this? If indeed when the pilgrim arrives in the world below, he is delivered from the professors of justice in this world, and finds the true judges who are said to give judgment there, Minos and Rhadamanthus and Aeacus and Triptolemus, and other sons of God who were righteous in their own life, that pilgrimage will be worth making. What would not a man give if he might converse with Orpheus and Musaeus and Hesiod and Homer? Nay, if this be true, let me die again and again.”
Source: Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.
“Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it is, as we are told, a change and a relocation for the soul from here to another place.”
“Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.”
Source: Correspondence Conference Documents
“Let us reflect upon the state of Earth Rishona and see clearly its distortion and imbalance — its out-of-shape and squished beauty. For its elegance has failed, its height has been pushed below its natural stature, and the image is unrecognisable.”
Source: Harp and the Lyre: Exchange
“Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.”
“Let us refrain from referring to the Congo as a Belgian colony, let us avoid writing of ‘Belgian misrule.”
“Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.”
Source: Writings from Prison
“Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be wisely used, reverently honoured and carefully maintained. Let us regard the forests as a gift, entrusted to any of us only for transient care, to be surrendered to posterity as an unimpaired property, increased in riches and augmented in blessings, to pass as a sacred patrimony from generation to generation.”
“Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.”
“Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country's unity.”
“Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .”
“Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.”
Source: An Anthology
“Let us rejoice that we are poor, And have no gold to keep: We do not need to bar the door Ere we can go to sleep.”
“Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.”
“Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.”
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
“Let us remain in Hell side-by-side, lustful! And, together, both stronger people.”
Source: Adrift in Acheron
“Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away" (Homily for the closing of the Second Vatican Council, 8 December 1965). Indeed, we are a single human family that is journeying on toward unity, making the most of solidarity and dialogue among peoples in the multiplicity of differences.”
“Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. It can be so, sometimes.”
“Let us remember that all reforms are interdependent, and that whatever is done to establish one principle on a solid base, strengthens all.”
“Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have evolved alongside us as co-inheritors of all the beauty and abundance of life on this planet”
Source: Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect
“Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life.”
“Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a problem distinctive to Christianity. It will not do for the challenger just to raise the question. This problem of evil is one to which we all must offer an answer, regardless of the belief system to which we subscribe.”
“Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.”
“Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.”
Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President
“Let us remember that postponement of tapering is only that-a postponementLet's not lose the chance, the warning that we have been given, because this is going to come back and what we need to do is put our house in order before.”