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• Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophy, Forget, Materialism

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.13, Courier Corporation

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• Chronological snobbery is the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that account discredited. You must find why it went out of date. Was it ever refuted (and if so by whom, where, and how conclusively), or did it merely die away as fashions do? If the latter, this tells us nothing about its truth or falsehood.

  C. S. Lewis

  Fashion, Acceptance, Intellectual

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.221, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in monasteries, mountains and caves can achieve salvation. Solely because of their faith in Him God bestows great blessings on them. Hence those who because of their laziness have failed to attain salvation will have no excuse to offer on the day of judgment. For He who promised to grant us salvation simply on account of our faith in Him is not a liar.

  Symeon the New Theologian

  Christian, Liars, Blessing

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• Given that we desire long life, should we not take eternal life into account? If we long for a kingdom which, however enduring, has an end, and glory and joy which, great as they are, will fade, and wealth that will perish with this present life, and we labour for the sake of such things; ought we not to seek the kingdom, glory, joy and riches which, as well as being all-surpassing, are unfading and endless, and ought we not to endure a little constraint in order to inherit it?

  Gregory Palamas

  Christian, Order, Long

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• He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ. It is for this purpose that the mild tribunal of penitence was here initiated, in order that we, being cleansed and amended through penitence here below, may give an answer without shame at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ.

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Order, Giving

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• The Church encourages those in power to be truly at the service of the common good of their peoples. She urges financial leaders to take account of ethics and solidarity. And why should they not turn to God to draw inspiration from his designs? In this way, a new political and economic mindset would arise that would help to transform the absolute dichotomy between the economic and social spheres into a healthy symbiosis.

  Pope Francis

  Inspiration, Justice, Design

  Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.36, Orbis Books

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• We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

  Isaac Newton

  Philosophy, Sublime, Scripture

  "An apology for the Bible". Book by Richard Watson, London 8vo, p. 57, 1806.

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• Today, everything I do from morning meditation on - eating breakfast, going for a walk, writing, reading, even recreation - is governed by one purpose only: how to give the very best account of my life that I can in the service of all.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Morning, Reading, Writing

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• Janice Gould is one of our best poets. The music of her poetry will delight you, and her gentle courageous accounts of tribal, family, and personal history make this book unforgettable. Doubters and Dreamers is a master-piece.

  Leslie Marmon Silko

  Book, Dreamer, Pieces

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• A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is must reading for anyone with an interest in the enduring effects of the Vietnam War, the subject of crime in our streets, and the issue of personal responsibility in a harsh, chaotic world.

  Le Ly Hayslip

  War, Reading, Book

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• Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her out of the Pacific surf to journalism school in North Carolina and through the complex challenges and unexpected joys of a cross-cultural marriage and family. This book is a powerfully personal account of the courage and hard work necessary to open one's heart and keep it that way.

  Maggie Shipstead

  Honesty, Book, School

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• Our Christian faith - and correlatively, our account of apologetics - is tainted by modernism when we fail to appreciate the effects of sin on reason. When this is ignored, we adopt an Enlightenment optimism about the role of a supposedly neutral reason in the recognition of truth.

  James K. A. Smith

  Christian, Optimism, Appreciate

  James K. A. Smith (2006). “Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church”, p.28, Baker Academic

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• Each month there are numerous incidents where visitors are abducted by criminal groups - just long enough to withdraw the maximum amount of money from an ATM account.

  Mark Hall

  Long, Each Month, Criminals

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• foreign policy is about trying to project the European model, its values, its principles, to the outside world. But at the moment, the European model is not as fascinating and as attractive as it may have been a few years ago. We have to be aware of this and take it into account when we try to promote our European system.

  Pierre Vimont

  Years, Europe, Trying

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• After approximately two decades and several billion dollars....Among the various types of cancer that account for 78% of the incidence..the upward trend in survival rates has not exceeded a few %....a far gloomier picture than has been generally conveyed to a hopeful public by our leading cancer research institutions...A generally passive lay press has been the means of transmission.

  Daniel S. Greenberg

  Cancer, Mean, Dark

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• When the most abstract and "useless" disciplines have been cultivated for a time, they are often seized upon as practical tools by other departments of science. I conceive that this is no accident, as if one bought a top hat for a wedding, and discovered later when a fire broke out, that it could be used as a water bucket.

  James R Newman

  Science, Fire, Water

  James R. Newman (1956). “The World of Mathematics”, p.2051, Рипол Классик

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• The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded.

  Catherine Helen Spence

  Glowing, Issues, Sound

  Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria

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• I invite you to read again the full accounts of this inspired vision. Study them, ponder them, and apply them to your daily life. In modern terms we might say we are invited to "get a grip." We must hold on tight to the iron rod and never let go.

  Ann M. Dibb

  Letting Go, Iron, Vision

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• A man of science rises ever, in seeking truth; and if he never finds it in its wholeness, he discovers nevertheless very significant fragments; and these fragments of universal truth are precisely what constitutes science.

  Claude Bernard

  Science, Men, Rising

  Claude Bernard “Experimental Medicine”, Transaction Publishers

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• Above all things expand the frontiers of science: without this the rest counts for nothing.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Science, All Things, Frontiers

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• But science is the collection of nature's answers; the humanities the collection of men's thoughts.

  Gavin de Beer

  Nature, Science, Men

  Sir Gavin De Beer (1956). “Science and the humanities”

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• Education is like a diamond with many facets: It includes the basic mastery of numbers and letters that give us access to the treasury of human knowledge, accumulated and refined through the ages; it includes technical and vocational training as well as instruction in science, higher mathematics, and humane letters.

  Ronald Reagan

  Science, Numbers, Giving

  Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986”, p.490, Best Books on

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• I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur. Despite many great achievements in the science of radio and electronics, what we know today is far less than what we have still to learn.

  David Sarnoff

  Knowledge, Learning, Science

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• If necessity is the mother of invention, scientifically developed production is the mother of scientific research.

  Arthur E. Kennelly

  Mother, Science, Research

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• It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill.

  Henry Tudor

  Science, Men, Skills

  Henry Tudor (1834). “Narrative of a tour in North America: comprising Mexico, the mines of Real de Monte, the United States, and the British colonies; with an excursion to the island of Cuba. In a series of letters, written in the years 1831-2”, p.233

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