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• If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  War, Numbers, People

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• Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry whether it is right. It is sufficient that another is growing great in his own eyes at our expense, and assumes authority over us without our permission; for many would contentedly suffer the consequences of their own mistakes, rather than the insolence of him who triumphs as their deliverer.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mistake, Eye, Vanity

  Samuel Johnson (1824). “The works of Samuel Johnson”, p.99

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• "And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

  Stephen R. Donaldson

  Laughing, Contentment, Answers

  Stephen R. Donaldson (2012). “The Wounded Land”, p.286, Del Rey

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• Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained

  Samuel Johnson

  Long, Imagination, Judging

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1792). “Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland”, p.100

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• In opposition... to all the suggestions of the devil, the sole, simple, and sufficient answer is the word of God. This puts to flight all the powers of darkness.

  Charles Hodge

  Christian, Simple, Darkness

  Charles Hodge (1856). “A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians”, p.389

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• For such,
  Being made beautiful overmuch,
  Consider beauty a sufficient end,
  Lose natural kindness and maybe
  The heart-revealing intimacy
  That chooses right, and never find a friend.

  William Butler Yeats

  Beauty, Beautiful, Kindness

  William Butler Yeats, “A Prayer For My Daughter”

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• Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece.

  Lady Margaret Sackville

  Single Mom, Imagination, Suggestions

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• Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.

  Dean Hawkes

  People, Worry, Decision

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• One country ... one ideology, one system is not sufficient. It is helpful to have a variety of different approaches ... We can then make a joint effort to solve the problems of the whole of humankind.

  Dalai Lama

  Education, Country, Learning

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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• People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who tries to eat a little, honey smeared on the edge of a knife. The amount is by no means sufficient to appease his appetite, but he runs the risk of wounding his tongue.

  Gautama Buddha

  Running, Children, Selfish

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• Every parent's deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life.

  Peter Block

  Children, Teaching, Learning

  Peter Block (2002). “The Answer to how is Yes: Acting on what Matters”, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• If the Lord is your shepherd, He is sufficient for all your needs.

  Tony Evans

  Christian, Shepherds, Needs

  Tony Evans (2008). “Our God is Awesome: Encountering the Greatness of Our God”, p.75, Moody Publishers

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• I've discovered it is not sufficient simply to try to take time for quietness but that I must, with all diligence, make time. Whatever keeps me from prayer, solitude, and the Bible, however good it appears, is my enemy if I am to be God's devoted friend and follower.

  Tommy Barnett

  Prayer, Solitude, Enemy

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• [A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands.

  James Madison

  Government, Hands, Political

  James Madison, John Jay (1847). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.202

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• History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Political, Surveillance, Used

  Glenn Greenwald (2014). “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State”, p.10, Penguin UK

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• Every creative act is open war against The Way It Is. What you are saying when you make something is that the universe is not sufficient, and what it really needs is more you. And it does, actually; it does. Go look outside. You can't tell me that we are done making the world.

  Jerry Holkins

  War, Design, Creative

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• The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl.

  Larry Wall

  Self, Hands, Smell

  Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant (2004). “Programming Perl: 3rd Edition”, p.4, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.

  Henry H. Arnold

  Air, Aviation, Modern

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• During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.

  Adolf Galland

  Air, Battle, Bombers

  Adolf Galland (1954). “The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945”

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• In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.

  Giulio Douhet

  Military, War, Air

  General Giulio Douhet (2014). “Command Of The Air”, p.51, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.

  Tom G. Palmer

  Self, Survival, Groups

  Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.35, Cato Institute

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• I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's investments in industries such as steel, textiles, power and hotels were certainly driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, but they were driven even more, I think, by a desire to make India self-sufficient and independent of its colonial masters then.

  Ratan Tata

  Independent, Thinking, Self

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• There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them.

  Albert Einstein

  People, Independence, Individuality

  Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.186, Open Road Media

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• A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favour. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens.

  Nelson Mandela

  Independent, Government, Rights

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from May 03, 2014

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• When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievement. If a white student from a prestigious private high school gets a higher SAT score than a black student from an inner-city school, is it because she’s truly a better student, or is it because to be white and to attend a prestigious high school is to be constantly primed with the idea of “smart”?

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Smart, School, Simple

  "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, 2005.

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