“Let no one who has the slightest desire to live in peace and quietness be tempted, under any circumstances, to enter upon the chivalrous task of trying to correct a popular error.” TryingDesireCircumstancesTasksErrorsTemptedQuietnessDesire To LivePeace And Quiet Author:William Thoms
“The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons as evil, if he fails to look beyond his circumstances. But the minute he looks beyond his circumstances and sees the whole of the situation, he discovers that some of the most implacable and vehement advocates of racial equality are consecrated white persons.” IfsLooksPersonsWholeEvilWhiteResultsSituationFailingMinutesCircumstancesBitterLook UpTemptedAgonizingVehementRacial Equality Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We can invoke spiritual compensation when we find ourselves in situations of material lack. In other words, what happens for most of us is that we are tempted and we are taught, we are trained as it were, to meet limited circumstances with limited thought.” HappensSpiritualSituationTaughtMaterialsCircumstancesTemptedCompensationInvoke Author:Marianne Williamson
“I think the sheer attrition of American global domination will create circumstances in which the Chinese will be tempted to reach out for more influence, including in regions in which we have special interests, such as the Middle East, from which they already obtain a great deal of their energy. And that region will be seeking some new superpower patron.” ThinkingEnergyInterestDealsInfluenceMiddleSpecialCircumstancesIncludingSeekingEastChineseRegionsReach OutMiddle EastSheerDominationTemptedSuperpowerSpecial InterestsPatronAttrition Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the die for any tempted and trembling sinner; and it fell out with me, as it falls with so vast a majority of my fellows, that I chose the better part and was found wanting in the strength to keep to it.” MenDiesFallFoundTermStrangeCircumstancesFellowsMajorityCastsDebateSinnerTemptedCommonplaceAlarmsTrembling Book:The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, second edition Source: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, second edition