Bernard Lown Quotes
I see nuclear weapons as the ultimate evil, not just evil, but the ultimate evil with the potential to make life unlivable on this planet.
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
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No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.
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India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.
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I don't think fashion is evil.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
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The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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An evil life is a kind of death.
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The living werewolves have genuine needs and desires, which, though they may oppose ours, are valid. Even if they want to eat humans, you can't really call them evil, any more than mice can call cats evil, or chickens can call humans evil. It's all just a matter of where you're standing.
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There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
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You are my evil spirit... you and the hard course world!
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The most evil creatures don’t desire the destruction of everything-they only desire to exploit it for themselves.
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Vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness.
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Weave the circle, tightly sewn, Let nothing evil or unknown Enter within. Stay without On pain of death, we cast you out.
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I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!
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Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.
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Earth, receive an honored guest; William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry.
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I do not allow myself to be moved by anything except the law. If there has been a mistake in the law, or if I think there has beenperjury or injustice, I will weigh the petition most carefully, but I do not permit myself to be moved by more harrowing details, and I try to treat each case as if I was reviewing it or hearing it for the first time from the bench.
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I see nuclear weapons as the ultimate evil, not just evil, but the ultimate evil with the potential to make life unlivable on this planet.
