H. P. Blavatsky Quotes
But, if the knowledge of the occult powers of nature opens the spiritual sight of man, enlarges his intellectual faculties, and leads him unerringly to a profounder veneration for the Creator, on the other hand ignorance, dogmatic narrow-mindedness, and a childish fear of looking to the bottom of things, invariably leads to fetish-worship and superstition.
H. P. Blavatsky
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Vernon Wells
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Wendy Kopp
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
Walter Kirn
Portability should be the default.
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Danny Meyer
In academia in general, there's this push toward using comics as an educational tool.
Gene Luen Yang
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Anna Kournikova
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
Petrarch
But, if the knowledge of the occult powers of nature opens the spiritual sight of man, enlarges his intellectual faculties, and leads him unerringly to a profounder veneration for the Creator, on the other hand ignorance, dogmatic narrow-mindedness, and a childish fear of looking to the bottom of things, invariably leads to fetish-worship and superstition.
H. P. Blavatsky