Charles Eliot Norton Quotes

The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.

Charles Eliot Norton

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• I read widely - for news, the arts, science, for entertainment, and the value of being informed - and, as a fiction writer, I can't help transposing what I learn into the scenario for a novel or story.

  

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• The E.U. needs a strategy that marries a shared vision to common action.

  

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• Baby why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go; I was counting on forever, now I'll never know.

  

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• And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene.

  

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• It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.

  

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• I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

  

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• People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.

  

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• A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.

  

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• I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news. Every known detail of the origin of mankind is extremely important to such a specialist as Dr. Mondrick, but it doesn't interest the man in the street - not unless it's dramatized.

  

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• Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] and I have spoken a lot, and we said all the right things, in my opinion, about creating an atmosphere of trust and friendship between our nations and peoples.

  

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• There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit.

  

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• The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.

  

  Charles Eliot Norton
  • Religious
  • Loss
  • Atheism