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• In both its precepts and penalty, the law of God in its most exacting requirements was fulfilled by Jesus. And He did this in our place as our representative and our substitute.

  Jerry Bridges

  Jesus, Law, Requirements

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness”, p.36, Tyndale House

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• No advocate of reason can claim the right to force his ideas on others. No advocate of the free mind can claim the right to force the minds of others. No rational society, no co-operation, no agreement, no understanding, no discussion are possible among men who propose to substitute guns for rational persuasion.

  Ayn Rand

  Gun, Men, Ideas

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.48, Penguin

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• Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

  Benjamin Cardozo

  Honest, Poor, Prophecy

  Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Abraham Lawrence Sainer (1999). “Law is Justice: Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo”, p.425, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. If you looked at television, every news program had a big section on how drugs were destroying our society, becoming the greatest threat to our existence, etc.

  Noam Chomsky

  Latin, Media, Government

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• We need to substitute for the book a device that will make it easy to transmit information without transporting material.

  J. C. R. Licklider

  Book, Science, Needs

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• To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word.

  Sebastian Franck

  Self, Letters, Scripture

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• Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

  Andre Gide

  Drunkenness

  Andre Gide (1953). “Marshlands and Prometheus Misbound”

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• Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.

  Robert Genn

  Blow, Miracle, Insecurity

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• Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

  Henry Clay

  Funny, Humorous, Teaching

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• Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Stress, Fighting, Men

  "The College Graduate and Public Life" (1894) See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 5; Theodore Roosevelt 18

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• The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Alternatives, Privilege

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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• Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic pictures through the air. Still, as an explored, comprehensive medium, it is not a substitute for print.

  Walter Cronkite

  Impact, Air, Doe

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• I believe natural beauty has a necessary place in the spiritual development of any individual or any society. I believe that whenever we substitute something man-made and artificial for a natural feature of the earth, we have retarded some part of man's spiritual growth.

  Rachel Carson

  Spiritual, Believe, Science

  Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

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• Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

  Brené Brown

  Motivational, Acceptance, Self

  Brené Brown (2013). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.88, Penguin UK

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• What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.

  Henri Nouwen

  Love Life, People, Temptation

  "In the Name of Jesus". Book by Henri Nouwen, 1989.

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• When you feel the rise of unpleasant emotions, take a moment and make an effort to identify their source. The answers are far more available than you may have previously believed. Accept such feelings as your own in the moment. Do not shove them underneath, ignore them or try to substitute what you think of as good thoughts.

  Jane Roberts

  Thinking, Effort, Feelings

  Jane Roberts (2011). “The Nature of Personal Reality (A Seth Book): Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching the Life You Know”, p.261, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship.

  Miroslav Volf

  Helping, Good Things, Bases

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• The Bible is not God, nor is it a substitute for God, and to treat it as if it were God or a surrogate of God is to treat it in the very way that it itself condemns over and over again.

  Peter J. Gomes

  Way, Treats, Ifs

  Peter J. Gomes (2009). “Good Book: Discovering The Bible's Place In Our Liv”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• We may not substitute charity for godliness; but there is room for the Divine love in the heart which has been touched by the human.

  William Morley Punshon

  Heart, Charity, May

  William Morley Punshon (1873). “Lectures and Sermons”, p.208, Adam, Stevenson

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• Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge.

  William Hazlitt

  Common Sense, Cases, True Knowledge

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1091, Delphi Classics

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• In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.

  Albert Camus

  Unity, Demand, Rebellion

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.255, Vintage

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• A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that no matter how excited we are, there's no substitute for professional writing, no substitute for professional editing, and no substitute for professional fact-checking.

  Craig Newmark

  Writing, Editing, People

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• In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. It is the practice of sacrificing to those whom we meet in society, all the little inconveniences and preferences which will gratify them, and deprive us of nothing worth a moment's consideration; it is the giving a pleasing and flattering turn to our expressions, which will conciliate others, and make them pleased with us as well as themselves. How cheap a price for the good will of another!

  Thomas Jefferson

  Real, Sacrifice, Expression

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• Monotheism is the primitive religion which centers human consciousness on Hive Authority. There is One God and His Name is _______ (substitute Hive-Label). If there is only One God then there is no choice, no option, no selection of reality. There is only Submission or Heresy. The word Islam means "submission". The basic posture of Christianity is kneeling. Thy will be done.

  Timothy Leary

  Mean, Reality, Names

  "The Intelligence Agents". Book by Timothy Leary, 1979.

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• No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.

  Bertrand Russell

  Wise, Affection, Tact

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays”, p.147, Psychology Press

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