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"It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the Love and the courage to pay the price. One has to abandon altogether the search for security and reach out to the risks of living with both arms. One has to embrace life."
"Wars--and what is war except crime on a mass scale?--destroy rather than produce. The vandal that destroys a window causes not only the owner to bear the costs of replacing it, but costs those whom he planned on using that money to buy from. The same goes for wars. The warlords--of war and peace--destroyed so much, not only what existed, but all those new things that could have existed, if only individuals were left in peace."
"It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance."
"Dreams cost nothing. They are free. The hard part is just keeping them going."
"Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them."
"Resistance will continue as long as the occupation and aggression continues. There is no recognition of Israel, no matter what the cost is."
"Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have"
"Life is a business that does not cover the costs."
"The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us"
"It is a fair trade and an equal exchange: to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no more and no less, God enters into you with all that is his, as far as you have stripped yourself of yourself in all things. It is here that you should begin, whatever the cost, for it is here that you will find true peace, and nowhere else."
"To oblige people often costs little and helps much."
"The good news is that it doesn't cost much money to change your thinking. In fact, it can be done for free."
"Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created."
"You can't be free if the cost of being you is too high."
"Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding up a shield behind which the patient constructive work of peace can go on."
"Persons are fine things, but they cost so much! for thee I must pay me."
"We have never considered any costs as fixed. Therefore we first reduce the price to a point where we believe more sales will result. Then we go ahead and try to make the price. We do not bother about the costs. The new price forces the cost down."
"Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location."
"Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs."
"Every day, you always have to be cognizant of your brand. I know it can cost you [future] money, but there are a lot of things more important than money that affect your brand."
