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“This party spirit has so ill an effect on our morals, it has likewise a very great one upon our judgments.”

Spirit Party Moral Effects Judgment Ill Great Ones

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Whatever excites the spirit of contradiction is capable of producing the last effects of heroism; which is only the highest pitch of obstinacy, in a good or bad cause, in wisdom or folly.”

Lasts Spirit Causes Effects Highest Capable Folly Contradiction Heroism Obstinacy

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see; and the only unanswerable argument for Christianity is a Christian life. No man can disregard a religion and a faith and a power which is able to make bad men good. . .”

Men May Able Christian Spirit Christianity Effects Argument Christian Life Disregard Bad Man

Author:William Barclay

“The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates”

Self Helping Spirit Individual Growth Effects Self Help Source Roots Genuine Genuine Smiles

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“It has been observed before that images, however beautiful, though faithfully copied from nature, and as accurately represented in words, do not of themselves characterize the poet. They become proofs of original genius only as far as they are modified by a predominant passion; or by associated thoughts or images awakened by that passion; or when they have the effect of reducing multitude to unity, or succession to an instant; or lastly, when a human and intellectual life is transferred to them from the poet's spirit.”

Source: Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions

“Whether it is considered from the viewpoint of its effect on society, or as one of the expressions of the human spirit, creativity stands out as an activity to be studied, cherished, and cultivated.”

Humans Spirit Creativity Effects Expression Activity Standing Out Human Spirit Viewpoints

Book:Creativity: The Magic Synthesis

Source: Creativity: The Magic Synthesis

“The poet must be free to love or hate as the spirit moves him, free to change, free to be a chameleon, free to be an enfant terrible. He must above all never worry about this effect on other people.”

People Moving Spirit Hate Worry Effects Poet Terrible Chameleon Love Or Hate

Author:May Sarton

“Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality," said the skeptic who was ready for an argument. "Here's one," said the Master. "When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.”

Said Earth Spirit Spirituality Names Effects Ready Masters Argument Raises Practicals Height Offense Skeptic Down To Earth

Author:Anthony de Mello

“Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty.”

Should Humans Eye Spirit Community Effects Human Spirit Maximum

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.”

States Spirit Views Party Effects Danger Particular Let Me Discrimination Founding Political Parties Solemn Comprehensive Farewell Address

Book:Monuments of Washington's Patriotism: Containing a Fac Simile of His Publick Accounts Kept During the Revolutionary War; and Some of the Most Interesting Documents Connected with His Military Command and Civil Administration; Embracing, Among Others, the Farewell Address to the People of the United States

Source: Monuments of Washington's Patriotism: Containing a Fac Simile of His Publick Accounts Kept During the Revolutionary War; and Some of the Most Interesting Documents Connected with His Military Command and Civil Administration; Embracing, Among Others, the Farewell Address to the People of the United States

“There are some who possess the magic touch, the infectious spirit of enthusiasm; who have the same effect as a beautiful morning that never reaches noon. Under this spell one's mind is braced, one's spirit recreated; one is ready for any adventure, even if it only be the doing of the next distasteful task light-heartedly.”

Ifs Mind Light Beautiful Spirit Next Morning Magic Effects Adventure Ready Tasks Encouragement Enthusiasm Spells Noon Cheerfulness Distasteful Beautiful Morning

Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin

“Coercive measures may have a restraining effect for a time, but can never subdue an untractable spirit: it is only by engaging the affections and enlarging the understanding, that the heart can be meliorated or principles be formed; for like a bow forcibly bent, the mind recoils from oppression with elastic power.”

Mind Heart May Spirit Force Understanding Principles Effects Affection Oppression Bows Bent Engaging Restraining Recoil

Author:Mary Hays

“Increasingly, I wonder if there are any outrages that would be sufficiently ominous in their effects upon liberty and unequivocal in their moral perversity to awaken the American people to the tyrannical spirit that envelopes the Clinton White House.”

People Ifs Would Be Spirit House White Liberty Wonder Moral Effects Clinton White House Outrage Envelopes Ominous Perversity Unequivocal

Author:Alan Keyes

“In or towards whomsoever the Holy Spirit puts forth His power, or acts his grace for their regeneration, he removes all obstacles, overcomes all oppositions, and infallibly produces the intended effect.”

Spirit Grace Effects Produce Holy Overcoming Obstacles Holy Spirit Opposition Remove Regeneration

Author:John Owen

“You can go to doctors until the last cow has been placed in its shed. You can journey the earth in search of peace of mind. You can experiment with a dozen theories, hoping for a relief from worries, or the problems which beset you, but unless you learn to relax you will end up disappointed. Tension is a killer! Just relax and note the immediate effect. One of peace and ease of mind. One in which every organ of the body joins. In relaxation there is unity of mind, body and spirit.”

“To say that God is an incorporeal substance, is to say in effect there is no God at all. What alleges he against it, but the School-divinity which I have already answered? Scripture he can bring none, because the word incorporeal is not found in Scripture.”

God School Spirit Found Effects Bible Scripture Substance Divinity There Is No God

Book:The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

Source: The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury