T Quotes
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“There is often grace in silence. But there is always power in understanding.”
Source: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir
“There is often grief that comes with loving, Moshe. But it is worth it.”
Source: The Return to Zion
“There is often in people in whom 'the worst' has happened an almost transcendent freedom, for they have faced 'the worst' and survived it.”
“There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.”
“There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.”
“There is often no line between perfection and evil.”
Source: The Grace of Kings
“There is often no material difference between the enjoyment of the highest ranks and those of the rudest stages of society. If the life of many a young English nobleman, and an Iroquois in the forest, or an Arab in the desert are compared, it will be found that their real sources of happiness are nearly the same.”
“There is often no time to discuss petty things when one is focused on powerful things.”
Source: The Precious Gift of Time: Inspirational Quotes and Sayings
“There is often seen this anomaly in women, especially in those of childish natures,--that they possess at once great promptness and unskilfulness in falsehood.”
“There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so that others can travel in luxurious cars? Why should some live for thirty-five years, so that others can live for seventy years? Why should some be miserably poor, so that others can be hugely rich? I speak on behalf of the children in the world who do not have a piece of bread. I speak on the behalf of the sick who have no medicine, of those whose rights to life and human dignity have been denied.”
“There is often times when I'm in a bar or after a show, and a woman just grabs my head and shoves it into her cleavage, or grabs my ass, or something like that which - don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining, but it's just interesting. It's just interesting that that occurs.”
“There is often variations of evil on both sides of the war. What we have to decide is whether or not regime change is a good idea. It's what the neoconservatives have wanted. It's what the vast majority of those on the stage want.”
“There is often with restaurant reviews in particular, I think, this kind of impulse to be deferential and bow down to the greatness of the restaurant and the greatness of the chef, and then with great regret to say, "And yet, all is not as it should be in the kingdom," and I didn't want to do any of that.”
“There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian but the most wise Christian that sees, avoids, and escapes Satan's snares. Knowledge without wisdom is like mettle in a blind horse, which is often an occasion of the rider's fall.”
Source: Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices, Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations
“There is oil in the Middle East there is rare earth in China.”
“There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason...Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed.”
“There is on earth among all dangers, no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroid reason, especially if she enters into spiritual matters which concern the soul and God. For it is more possible to teach an ass to read than to blind such a reason and lead it right; for reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed.”
“There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more than half our inhabitants.”
Source: Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson
“There is one "right answer" to any question, and it is in the book to be read.”
“There is one absolute commonality amongst the victims of human trafficking; the loss of personal freedom.”
“There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.”
Source: Money and Power
“There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.”
“There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are.”
Source: Buddhism of the Heart: Reflections on Shin Buddhism and Inner Togetherness
“There is one all-important law of human conduct. If we obey that law, we shall almost never get into trouble. In fact, that law, if obeyed, will bring us countless friends and constant happiness. But the very instant we break the law, we shall get into endless trouble. The law is this: Always make the other person feel important.”
Source: How to win friends & influence people
“There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.”
“There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.”
Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
“There is one and only one social responsibility of business - to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.”
“There is one and the same soul in many bodies.”
Source: Plotinus: Enneads IV
“There is one antidote for evil passions: the purification of our souls which takes place through the mystery of godliness. The chief act of faith in this mystery is to look to Him who suffered the passion for us. The cross is the passion, so that whoever looks to it? is not harmed by the poison of desire. To look to the cross means to render one's whole life dead and crucified to the world.”
“There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master carpenter. Of those who try to carve wood like a master carpenter, there are few who do not injure their hands.”
“There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.”
“There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness.”
“There is one aspect of happiness that's been well studied, and it's the notion of flow. Ask yourselves, when for you does time stop? When are you truly at home, wanting to be no place else?”
“There is one basic cause of all effects.”
“There is one big mistake that human beings often make: Not realizing that the place they want to reach is not better than where they are, and struggling deadly to get there!”
“There is one big misunderstanding of the monastics leaving society.”
“There is one bit of advice given us by the ancient Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest; and lending money at interest - what we call investment - is the basis of our whole system.”
Source: The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics
“There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the brain, called the cerebral cortex. Unlike the rest of the brain, this relatively recent evolutionary development is rather flat, only about 0.32 cm (0.12 in) thick and includes a mere 6 million neurons. This elaborately folded organ provides us with what little competence we do possess for understanding what we do and who we do it.”
“There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections.”
“There is one central characteristic of anarchism on the matter of means, and that central principle is a principle of direct action - of not going through the forms that the society offers you, of representative government, of voting, of legislation, but directly taking power.”
“There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin: I will die in the last ditch.”
“There is one change everyone seems to be scared of, ageing. We all wish we could grow older without negative challenges or changes. The aching joints. thinning hair, sagging skin. But every one of those changes tells a story and I think there's something beautiful in that.”
Source: The Dream To End All Dreams
“There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The general average of mankind are not only moderate in intellect, but also moderate in inclinations: they have no tastes or wishes strong enough to incline them to do anything unusual, and they consequently do not understand those who have, and class all such with the wild and intemperate whom they are accustomed to look down upon.”
Source: J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings
“There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.”
“There is one class of mind that loves to lean on rules and definitions, and another that discards them as far as possible. A faddist will generally ask for a definition of faddism, and one who is not a faddist will be impatient of being asked to give one.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)
“There is one common condition for the lot of women in Western civilization and all other civilizations that we know about for certain, and that is, woman as a sex is disliked and persecuted, while as an individual she is liked, loved, and even, with reasonable luck, sometimes worshipped.”
“There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.”
“There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.”
“There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.”
Source: Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius
“There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.”