George Washington Quotes
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
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In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.
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I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.
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I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession.
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I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.
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Tarzan of the Apes, young and savage beast of the jungle, wondered at the cruel brutality of his own kind. Sheeta, the leopard, alone of all the jungle folk, tortured his prey. The ethics of all the others meted a quick and merciful death to their victims.Tarzan had learned from his books but scattered fragments of the ways of human beings.
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Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.
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Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
