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• The only true liberty is in the service of that which is beyond all limits, beyond all definitions, beyond all human appreciation: that which is All, and which therefore is no limited or individual thing: The All is no-thing, for if it were to be a single thing separated from all other things, it would not be All.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Appreciation, Liberty

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.58, Sounds True

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• My joy is in your freedom, not your compliance. I do not want your worship, I do not need your obedience, and it is not necessary for you to serve me. Deity has no needs. "All that is" is exactly that: all that is. It therefore wants or lacks nothing, by definition.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Joy, Needs, Want

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• I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, People, Fields

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private : Published by the Order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the Original Manuscripts, Deposited in the Department of State”, p.556

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• Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

  Hannah More

  Prayer, Soul, Feelings

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• To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

  Gerry Spence

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "How to Argue and Win Every Time". Book by Gerry Spence, 1995.

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• The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way.

  Ray Kroc

  Art, Educational, Way

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• My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Sports, Motivation

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• Those who do not believe do not pray. This is a good functional definition of faith. Faith prays, unbelief does not.

  John Hardon

  Prayer, Believe, Doe

  John A. Hardon (1971). “Christianity in the Twentieth Century”

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• The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.

  William Hazlitt

  Power, Knowing, Genius

  William Hazlitt (1857). “The Miscellaneous Works of William Hazlitt”, p.38

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• If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

  Elgin Baylor

  Basketball, Greatness, Jordan

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• A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.

  Jacques Monod

  Science, Vision, Blind

  Jacques Monod (1972). “Chance and necessity: an essay on the natural philosophy of modern biology”, Vintage

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• Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and its literal definition is "to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous."

  Zig Ziglar

  Happiness, Meaningful, Silly

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.63, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• My definition of financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.

  T. Harv Eker

  Money, Freedom, Work

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Apr 02, 2015

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• To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from your plan. Once you can see, touch and feel your objective, all you have to do is pull back and put all your strength behind it, and you'll hit your target every time.

  Bruce Jenner

  Next Week, Years, Knowing

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• Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts against the oppressions of the government. The latter are virtues, yet have furnished more victims to the executioner than the former. Real treasons are rare; oppressions frequent. The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Real, Government

  Thomas Jefferson (1861). “Correspondence”, p.353

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• My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.

  P. J. Plauger

  Experts, Fields, Scared

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• The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.

  Agha Hasan Abedi

  Inspirational, Real, Work

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• ... the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to realize that we don't raise boys to be men, we raise them not be women (or gay men). We teach boys that girls and women are "less than" and that leads to violence by some and silence by many. It's important for men to stand up to not only stop men's violence against women but, to teach young men a broader definition of masculinity that includes being empathetic, loving and non-violent.

  Don McPherson

  Girl, Powerful, Gay

  Interview with Jeff Pearlman, www.jeffpearlman.com. April 21, 2011.

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• The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

  Oliver North

  Country, Veterans Day, War

  "The Heroes of 2011" by Oliver North, www.foxnews.com. November 11, 2011.

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• My tact is that you don't change the definition of marriage for one group, homosexuals, because you have to change it for all the groups. So you don't do it, particularly if people in California vote on it, don't want it, they think that the heterosexuality is a societal stabilizer.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Gay, Thinking, Heterosexuality Is

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• Were an Asiatic to ask me for a definition of Europe, I should be forced to answer him: It is that part of the world which is haunted by the incredible delusion that man was created out of nothing, and that his present birth is his first entrance into life.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Europe, Answers

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• Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.

  Noam Chomsky

  Democracy, Principles, Institutions

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “Language and Politics”, p.138, AK Press

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• The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers to an industry and sub-normal profits seem to drive away those who are in an industry, some writers are inclined to define normal profits as the earnings of the fixed resources in an industry which neither grows nor declines in size or number of firms. It should be clear that such a definition is useless: it muddles together attractiveness and actual afflux, desirbility of entry and ease of entry, zero profits and monopoly rents.

  Fritz Machlup

  Zero, Numbers, Together

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• The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have directly stressed that state interventions create corporatist forms... the formation, let alone the political capabilities, of such purely socioeconomic phenomena as interest groups and classes depends in significant measure on the structures and activities of the very states the social actors, in turn, seek to influence.

  Theda Skocpol

  Philosophy, Class, Political

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• Failing to warn the citizens of a looming weapon of mass destruction- and that's what global warming is- in order to protect oil company profits, well, that fits for me the definition of treason.

  Bill Maher

  Mass Destruction, Order, Oil

  "Real Time" with Bill Maher, votesmart.org. March 24, 2006.

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