Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher, Speaker
"Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience."
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Convenience
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Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man's convenience."
Haruki Murakami
Writer
"Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience."
Bill Johnson
Athlete
"Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience."
Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small and compact hand as well as a fair and legible one."
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"I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination."
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"Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout."
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"This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market."
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"If most of what we see via the media is not live, it must be edited: sifted for value, interpreted and re-presented for our convenience. We live in a disco, and the DJ is in charge."
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"In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has been doing its best to become an inconvenience."
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"It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying to their Artificer."
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"Public offices were not made for private convenience."
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