T Quotes
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“The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes.”
Source: The Real Thomas Jefferson
“The spirit of [William] Penn will not be stayed. You cannot set limits to such knightly adventurers. After their own day is gone their spirits stalk the world, carrying inspiration everywhere that they go and reminding men of the lineage, the fine lineage, of those who have sought justice and right.”
Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“The spirit of a country, if it is to be true to itself, needs continually to draw great breaths of inspiration from the simple realities of the country; from the smell of its soil, the pattern of its fields, the beauty of its scenery and from the men and women who dwell and toil in the rural areas”
“The spirit of a government must be that of the country. The form of a government must come from the makeup of the country. Government is nothing but the balance of the natural elements of a country.”
“The spirit of a man can survive a sick body.”
“The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.”
“The spirit of a man is lamp of God, once the lamp has not been extinguish, you must keep burning to give light.”
“The spirit of a man is the lamp of God, until the lamp goes out the soul must live to give glory to God.”
“The spirit of a man shall sustain him in his sick bed.”
“The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes.”
Source: Three plays
“The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm trying to hit, however I don't feel I have much control over it.”
“The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare—all this and more is written in its fiscal history, stripped of all phrases. He who knows how to listen to its message here discerns the thunder of world history more clearly than anywhere else.”
“The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.”
“The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with love as the only rational answer to the problem of human existence must, then, arrive at the conclusion that important and radical changes in our social structure are necessary, if love is to become a social and not a highly individualistic, marginal phenomenon.”
“The spirit of a warrior is not geared to indulging and complaining, nor is it geared to winning or losing. The spirit of a warrior is geared only to struggle, and every struggle is a warrior's last battle on earth. Thus the outcome matters very little to him. In his last battle on earth a warrior lets his spirit flow free and clear. And as he wages his battle, knowing that his intent is impeccable, a warrior laughs and laughs.”
Source: Separate Reality
“The spirit of a youth
That means to be of note, begins betimes.”
Source: The Wisdom and Genius of Shakspeare; ... with ... Notes, and Scriptural References ... by the Rev. T. Price. ... Second Edition, Enlarged
“The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything”
“The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.”
“The spirit of America is all about defiance, and the best music like mine is the freedom soundtrack.”
“The spirit of an artist's gifts can wake our own.”
“The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.”
Source: Killosophy
“The Spirit of Berlin was embodied in two principles. First, colonial powers, whatever else they did, had a responsibility to improve the lives of native populations.”
Source: In Defense of German Colonialism: And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West
“The Spirit of Berlin was embodied in two principles. First, colonial powers, whatever else they did, had a responsibility to improve the lives of native populations. The second principle insisted that any colonial claim needed to be backed up by “the existence of an authority sufficient to cause acquired rights to be respected.”
Source: In Defense of German Colonialism: And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West
“The spirit of bondage works by fear for the slave fears the rod: but love cries, Abba, Father; it disposes us to go to God, and behave ourselves towards God as children; and it gives us clear evidence of our union to God as His children, and so casts out fear. So that it appears that the witness of the Spirit the apostle speaks of, is far from being any whisper, or immediate suggestion or revelation; but that gracious holy effect of the Spirit of God in the hearts of the saints, the disposition and temper of children, appearing in sweet childlike love to God, which casts out fear or a spirit of a slave.”
Source: The Religious Affections
“The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only way which every ultimately does great god, that is, of helping them to help themselves.”
“The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than denounced. This has been the way of Buddhism since the beginning, and this is true Buddhism.”
Source: Shinjo: Reflections
“The Spirit of Christ causes a chemical change in the heart of human beings.”
“The spirit of Christ dwells in a holy body.”
“The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit.”
Source: The Conflict of the Ages Story, Vol. 5. The Great Controversy—Illustrated
“The Spirit of Christ sweetens the soul.”
“The Spirit of Christ sweetnes the soul.”
“The spirit of Christianity proclaims the brotherhood of the race and the meaning of that strong word has not been left to guesswork, but made tremendously definite - the Christian must forgive his brother man all crimes he can imagine and commit, and all insults he can conceive and utter - forgive these injuries how many times? - seventy times seven - another way of saying there shall be no limit to this forgiveness. That is the spirit and the law of Christianity.”
Source: Mark Twain and the three R's: race, religion, revolution--and related matters
“The spirit of Christmas exists in harmonious carols like those sung by angels on the day of Christ’s birth.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“The spirit of Christmas is - and hopefully always will be - about goodwill and generosity to others and peace on earth.”
“The spirit of Christmas is Christlike love.”
“The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.”
“The spirit of Christmas lives with us. We are the protectors of the real tradition of Christmas-peace on Earth and Goodwill to all. We are the hope of Man-the only hope. Mankind's salvation lies within our hands. With our tech and ability we can create here on Earth a real heaven where men can be free. In our hands lies the power to restore to Man his determinism and all that he finds good in himself-his honesty, his integrity, and the thrill of being of real help to others. A very Merry Christmas to you all and a bright friendly new year.”
“The spirit of Christmas needs to superseded by the Spirit of Christ.
The spirit of Christmas is annual;
the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of Christmas is sentimental;
the Spirit of Christ is supernatural.
The spirit of Christmas is a human product;
the Spirit of Christmas is a divine person.
That makes all the difference in the world.”
“The Spirit of Cities presents a new approach to the study of cities in which the focus is placed on a city's defining ethos or values. The style of the book is attractively conversational and even autobiographical, and far from current social science positivism. For a lover of cities--and perhaps even for one who is not--The Spirit of Cities is consistently good reading.”
“The spirit of Columbus hovers over us to-day.”
Source: Orations and memorial addresses
“The spirit of commerce is frugality, economy, moderation, labor, ponderance, tranquillity, order, and rule. So long as this spirit subsides, the riches it produces have no bad effect. The mischief is when excessive wealth destroys the spirit of commerce, then it is that the conveniences of inequality... are felt.”
“The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.”
“The spirit of community will be revived as we succeed in devising ways to reinvolve people in solving the perplexing problems they see about them, not just in talking about them, and certainly not in petitioning government to solve them.”
“The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today.
Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.”
Source: One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land
“The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction, the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.”
“The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.”
“The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.”
“The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model.”
Source: Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.
“The spirit of delight comes in small ways.”
“The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.”
Source: India of My Dreams