T Quotes
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“The spirit of liberty is the spirit of him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned ... .”
Source: The Supreme Court: an NBC radio discussion
“The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.”
“The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.”
“The spirit of life leis in the courage of conviction unhindered by the consequences of action”
“The spirit of life lies in the courage of conviction unhindered by the consequences of action.”
“The spirit of life, the spirit of peace.”
“The spirit of light dwell in thee. Let it shine.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly, strengthened the weak, ate with publicans, and made the captives free. In the light of this divine example, the doctrines of demagogues shiver in their chaff.”
“The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.”
Source: Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays
“The spirit of love and good art have equal beauty”
“The spirit of love and oneness is beyond time and form.”
Source: Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
“The spirit of love arranges all meetings in divine order for the highest good of all concerned.”
“The spirit of love is the bond of the brotherhood”
“The spirit of love is the work of faith.”
“The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.”
“The Spirit of man is like a kite, which rises by means of those very forces which seem to oppose its rise; the tie that joins it to the earth, the opposing winds of temptation, and the weight of earth-born affections which it carries with it into the sky.”
Source: The Rod, the Root and the Flower
“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope.”
“The spirit of man is nomad, his blood bedouin, and love is the aboriginal tracker on the faded desert spoor of his lost self; and so I came to live my life not by conscious plan or prearranged design but as someone following the flight of a bird.”
“The spirit of man, which God inspired, cannot together perish with this corporeal clod.”
Source: A Treatise on Christian Doctrine: Comp. from the Holy Scriptures Alone
“The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings.”
“The spirit of militarism has already permeated all walks of life. Indeed, I am convinced that militarism is a greater danger here than anywhere else, because of the many bribes capitalism holds out to those whom it wishes to destroy.”
Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.”
“The spirit of my films... I always want them to be kind of contrarian. Meticulous on the one hand, but unbelievably sloppy and careless on the other. I guess that's what you get anyway, if you're not planning very much.”
“The spirit of my home is entirely bound up in a quality of space. I have only the objects I need and nothing more. Empty space in which to think and relax is both stimulating and calming.”
“The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“The spirit of patriotism among the peasants is very high. They are not informed about world history or ideological struggles; what they see is a large force of white Westerners doing their best to kill their fellow countrymen, many of whom previously fought against the French. The peasants do not see the victims of the American military as dead Communists, but as dead patriots.”
Source: Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire
“The spirit of pessimism inside of her was purely organic.”
Source: The Spirit of Pessimism
“The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to their hiding places, and in this pursuit it may finally end in denial or a frank admission of the incapacity of pure reason to reach the ultimate reality.”
“The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So America.... The moment the last nuclei of Red [Indian] life break up in America, then the white men will have to reckon with the full force of the demon of the continent.”
“The spirit of Plato dies hard. We have been unable to escape the philosophical tradition that what we can see and measure in the world is merely the superficial and imperfect representation of an underlying reality.”
Source: The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)
“The spirit of playful competition is, as a social impulse, older than culture itself and pervades all life like a veritable ferment. Ritual grew up in sacred play; poetry was born in play and nourished on play; music and dancing were pure play....We have to conclude, therefore, that civilization is, in its earliest phases, played. It does not come from play...it arises in and as play, and never leaves it.”
“The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.”
“The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power with beauty.”
Source: Shakespeare, With Introductory Matter on Poetry, The Drama, and The Stage by S.T. Coleridge: Coleridge’s Essays and Lectures on Shakespeare and Other Old Poets and Dramatists
“The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.”
Source: The works of that eminent servant of Christ, John Bunyan: minister of the gospel and formerly Pastor of a Congregatin at Bedford
“The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.”
Source: Prayer
“The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)
“The spirit of punk-cabaret is that you feel that you can truly be all of who you are.”
“The spirit of rebellion can only exist in a society where a theoretical equality conceals great factual inequalities. The problem of rebellion, therefore, has no meaning except within our own Western society.”
Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“The spirit of rebellion is present in every great city, and the great task of wise government is to keep it dormant, for if it wakes it is a torrent which no dam can hold back.”
Source: History of My Life
“The spirit of rebellion must live in Serbia. Only then will we know we are alive and not servants of a dictator.”
“The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.”
Source: Essays, lectures, addresses
“The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast.”
“The spirit of religious totalitarianism is abroad in the world; it is in the very air we breathe today in this land. Everywhere are those who claim to have a corner on righteousness, on direct access to God ... The bigots of the world are having a heyday.”
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787
“The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost - and who is acting in faith to fulfill the priesthood injunction to 'receive the Holy Ghost.'”
“The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate to check its eternal onward march”
Source: WOF : Bhagat Singh
“The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty”
“The spirit of Route 66 is in the details: every scratch on a fender, every curl of paint on a weathered billboard, every blade of grass growing up through a cracked street.”
“The spirit of sacrifice and selflessness of the defence forces is an inspiration for all Indians. Strong armed forces are necessary for an atmosphere of peace, amity, harmony and brotherhood in the country.”