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"From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy."
"Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm."
"Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body."
"Limit or eliminate late-night computer and television viewing. A computer or TV screen may seem much dimmer than a light bulb, but these screens often fill your field of vision, mimicking the effects of a room filled with light."
"I had the feeling that some horrible image was just beyond the field of vision, moving, as I turned my head, so that I never quite saw it."
"[I]t is contrary to the economy of God for any member of the Church, or any one, to receive instruction for those in authority, higher than themselves . . . if any person have a vision or a visitation from a heavenly messenger, it must be for his own benefit and instruction; for the fundamental principles, government, and doctrine of the Church are vested in the keys of the kingdom."
"I don't know how in the twenty-first century we can possibly justify not showing girls things that they can aspire to, and at the same time, how can we possibly be showing boys this narrow vision of what women are and what they can be."
"The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision."
"Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision."
"I was an economist now turning into a human being - as if these are two different things. I don't know but I did that and then I had no vision."
"I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence."
"Between the vision and the act lies the shadow."
"When there is no vision, people perish."
"It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body."
"I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?"
"To have a vision of the cosmic plan, in which every form of life depends on directed movements which have effects beyond their conscious aim, is to understand the child's work and be able to guide it better."
"Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it."
"I could paint these mountains the way they look, but it isn't how I see them."
"She wondered if, when human souls try to get too near each other, they do not inevitably become mere blurs to each other's vision."
"The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions"
