"The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any."
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"The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble."
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"I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain."
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"Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in."
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"We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it' I firmly believe this; by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by word down to future ages."
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"It is like a woman indeed To take rapture before the fact is shown for true. They believe too easily, are too quick to shift From ground to ground; and swift indeed The rumor voiced by a woman dies again."
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"The unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so."
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"To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian."
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"In our house, some of our favourite recipes just happen to be vegetarian, but I still enjoy meat and I believe very much in meat."
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"One must be oneself very little of a philosopher not to feel that the finest privilege of our reason consists in not believing in anything by the impulsion of a blind and mechanical instinct, and that it is to dishonour reason to put it in bonds as the Chaldeans did. Man is born to think for himself."
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"And I believe that if 100 million people became embodiments of peace, the world would transform, because consciousness is a collective phenomenon. And what we see as good and evil is the balance between forces."
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"I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort."
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"I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear."
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"People here believe in uncontrollable passion, in mad rages, and in the brusque inevitability of death."
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"I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down."
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"I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted-- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than did."
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"I can't believe what I said about myself. What I said in my own private conversations with myself to an ESPN producer are my business, and I had no business saying them to someone else."
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"Dying for something is easy because it is associated with glory. Living for something is the hard thing. Living for something extends beyond fashion, glory, or recognition. We live for what we believe."
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"I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him."
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"I don't say that I don't believe in God because that implies that there is a God for me not to believe in."
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