William James Quotes
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
William James
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The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, at least not for ourselves! Unfortunately, there is no way to skip over the valley altogether, we must face death and the evidence of evil all around us. But there will come a day... And what a day that will be!
Ted Dekker
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
Orhan Pamuk
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
Saint Basil
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Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.
Rachel Cusk
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
Larry Page
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
Sam Raimi
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Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.
Jefferson Davis
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Twenty minutes compared to never, that's a lot. Our customer, the Central Intelligence Agency, would get very upset if somebody looks in their database.
Larry Ellison
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It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.
Jerzy Kosinski
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When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write.
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
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Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
William James