Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.
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Budgets are matters of priority and prioritizing. It's a high priority.
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Every enlargement that has taken place within the European Union has made both the existing and the new member states stronger and more prosperous, ... I'm in absolutely no doubt that the benefits will follow from this enlargement and bring a strong secular state which happens to have a Muslim majority into the European Union.
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I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop.
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A simple fishing boat in the midst of the rippling waters is enough to awaken in the mind of the beholder a sense of vastness of the sea and at the same time of peace and contentment - the Zen sense oof the alone.
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There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.
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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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Mick Jagger, the greatest of all front men I've ever met in my life.
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I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
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Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence through one another, will always live an adventure full of risk and promise.
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The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.
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“I dreamed the world was an awful place,” he said. “It wasn’t a dream,” she told him.
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Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog. He has deep knowledge to impart. He makes friends easily and doesn't hold a grudge. He enjoys simple pleasures and takes each day as it comes. Like a true Zen master he eats when he is hungry and sleeps when he is tired. He's not hung up about sex. Best of all, he befriends me with an unconditional love that human beings would do well to imitate.
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If you hear an expert talking about the Internet and saying it [does] this, or it will do that, you should treat it with the same skepticism that you might treat the comments of an economist about the economy or a weatherman about the weather.
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All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.
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The New World Order is a world that has a supernational authority to regulate world commerce and industry; an international organization that would control the production and consumption of oil; an international currency that would replace the dollar; a World Development Fund that would make funds available to free and Communist nations alike; and an international police force to enforce the edicts of the New World Order.
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Unfortunately the niveau of political culture is not particularly high in Poland - a relic of the communist past.
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I always knew I had something special.
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Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.
