Georgia Harkness Quotes

The principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.

Georgia Harkness

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• Human Misery

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• I bet she woke up with her hair looking like something out of a Pantene commercial while little bluebirds circled around her head, and raccoons brought her breakfast or something.

  

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• Words are but the shell; meditation is the kernel.

  

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• I think, as a president, you have to want respect. You can't look for love from the American people. You have to just do what you think is right. Some people will hate you, but others, in the long run, will respect you for what you've done.

  

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• The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don't always know if it is green or violet, you can't even say it's blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.

  

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• It is at moments of need that one learns who one's friends are. Defeated armies learn their lesson.

  

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• If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

  

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• Zeal will do more than knowledge.

  

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• I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of the human race from the earth, one cannot refute such a viewpoint on rational grounds. But if there is agreement on certain goals and values, one can argue rationally about the means by which these objectives may be obtained.

  

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• The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, noris it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.

  

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• The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms.

  

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• I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model.

  

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• Exorcists always need to distinguish demonic possessions from mental or psychiatric disorders, and they use three symptoms to identify people as possessed. First, those people have the ability to see hidden sacred objects, which they always want removed. Second, they have an extraordinary physical strength. And third, they show an aversion to the sacred

  

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• Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.

  

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• The principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.

  

  Georgia Harkness
  • Possession
  • Goods
  • Human Misery