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“Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.”

Way Mean Ends States Force Process Interest Achieve Conditions Judging Conflict Arise Pursue Defined Consistent Anarchy Units Conflict Of Interest

Book:Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

Source: Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

“There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent; of sound limbs and health before the infirm; of houses and lands before one who has not so much as a dwelling; in a word, to speak of your prosperity before the miserable; this conversation is cruel, and the comparison which naturally arises in them betwixt their condition and yours is excruciating.”

Wells Lasts House Speak Sound Land Conditions Conversation Prosperity Entertainment Arise Miserable Comparison Limbs Dwelling Offending Speaking Well

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance.”

Men May Matter Form Conditions Ignorance No Matter What Species Arise Horrible

Author:Honore de Balzac

“The desert ... may serve better as the backdrop for the problematic relationship between man and the environment. The human struggle, the successes ... both noble and foolish, are readily apparent in the desert. Symbols and relationships seem to arise that stand for the human condition itself.”

Men Humans May Seems Struggle Environment Conditions Photography Noble Foolish Arise Symbols Desert Human Condition Backdrop

Book:Desert Cantos

Source: Desert Cantos

“True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.”

Men Want Made Feelings Views Common Principles Failing Share Conditions Duty Reflection Arise Native Gentleness

Book:Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author

Source: Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author

“Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself, the new replicators will tend to take over, and start a new kind of evolution of their own. Once this new evolution begins, it will in no necessary sense be subservient to the old.”

Kind Conditions Evolution Arise Copies Subservient Selfish Gene

Book:The Selfish Gene

Source: The Selfish Gene

“Happiness arises when you relax into the reality of your natural condition. The secrets of the universe are already in you as you. Seeking anything implies that you don't have it; every search for the idea of enlightenment leads you further away from it. The magnificance of life does not await you - it actually is you.”

Doe Ideas Reality Universe Natural Secret Conditions Enlightenment Seeking Arise Relax

Author:Mark Whitwell

“Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of joy of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus Christ does not come to a man and say, 'Cheer up.' He plants within a man the miracle of the joy of God's own nature.”

Men Doe Joy Spirit Jesus Christ Conditions Circumstances Jesus Christ Miracle Plant Notes Notion Arise Cheer Good Health Cheer Up

Book:The Quotable Oswald Chambers

Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers