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“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.”

“I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often the way becomes the goal.”

Way Humans Sometimes Lost Goal Ability Plans Intention Awe Good Intentions

Author:Pipilotti Rist

“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - [...] when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”

“Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said.”

Said Lost Enjoy Ability Watches Television Dave Katie

Author:Jack McDevitt

“When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.”

Lost Nations Ability

Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

“No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they've lost they're ability to recognize that they're rich.”

People Matter Lost Challenges Ability Rich Rich People

Author:Andy Stanley

“A person who is insane has no sense of their place; they've lost that ability, which our friend don Juan describes as the tonal.”

Persons Lost Ability Buddhism Insane Don Juan Juan

Author:Frederick Lenz

“What would be achieved ever if people lost the ability to dream?”

People Ifs Dream Would Be Lost Ability

Author:Martha Albrand

“Technology is a compulsive and addictive way to live. Verbal communication cannot be lost because of a lack of skill. The ability to listen and learn is key to mastering the art of communication. If you dont use your verbal skills and networking, it will disappear rapidly. Use technology wisely.”

Ifs Way Art Use Lost Ability Technology Communication Keys Skills Disappear Networking Way To Live Verbal Communication

Author:Rick Pitino

“I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients also had major impairments in their ability to make decisions.”

Feels Certain Lost Ability Decision Emotion Study Circumstances Majors Patient Emote

Author:Antonio Damasio

“I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void, the emptiness that fills your heart, your lungs, constricts your ability to think or even breathe. Or you can try to find meaning. These past thirty days, I have spent many of my moments lost in that void. And I know that many future moments will be consumed by the vast emptiness as well. But when I can, I want to choose life and meaning.”

Thinking Knows Want Giving Trying Wells Heart I Can Moments Past Choices Lost Ability Tragedy Breathe Thirty Emptiness Void Lungs Consumed Find Me Choose Life

Author:Sheryl Sandberg

“I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.”

Thinking Trying Has Beens Actors Lost Ability Performances Chosen Thrust Public Life Spotlight

Author:Anne Hathaway

“I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change.”

Lost Natural Ability Theory Curiosity Conspiracy Refuge Conspiracy Theory Natural Curiosity

Book:Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

Source: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

“When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.”

Lost Loses Ability Opinion Planets Unique Comment Exposed

Author:Damian Loeb