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341 Orator Quotes

I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.

Ever been Queerest mixture Weakness Strength
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Never yet was a nation born that did not begin in the spirit, pass to the heart and the mind, and then take an outer form in the world of men.

Nation born Not begin The spirit The heart
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There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand.

Wise politics Without thought Beforehand
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The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power.

The birth Science Death knell An arbitrary
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Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its evolution

Constituent elements Spirit However manifold Its phenomena
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The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.

The essence Religion The knowledge God
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Continents may break up, continents may emerge, but the human race is immortal in its origin and in its growth, and there is nothing to be afraid of, even if the foundations of the earth be moved.

Continent May break Emerge Human race
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What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.

The object Education To train The body
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An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

Accurate knowledge The past A country Is necessary
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Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures.

Islam believes Many prophets A confirmation Old scriptures
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A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

A prophet Much wider His followers More liberal
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There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.

Exclusive claims Christianity It hostile Other faiths
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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

For centuries The leaders Christian thought Women
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It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.

Not monogamy Legal wife Mistresses out Of sight
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You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.

Always take Religion Its best Its worst
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The body is never more alive than when it is dead; but it is alive in its units, and dead in its totality; alive as a congeries, dead as an organism.

The body Never More alive Dead
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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

Refusal Believe Until proof Rational position
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India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.

A country Every Great religion Finds
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Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.

Every person Every nation Own particular keynote Brings
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It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilized world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

The duty The followers Islam To spread
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There is far more misunderstanding of Islam than there is, I think, of the other religions of the world. So many things are said of it by those who do not belong to that faith

More misunderstanding Islam Other religions The world
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We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a vivid and illuminative dream.

Learn much Our sleep The knowledge Gained slowly
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No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do they put their heads above the ground.
Durable things Are built Violent passion Nature grows
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Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Remain silent Even think Not prepared To act
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As the heat of the coal differs from the coal itself, so do memory, perception, judgment, emotion, and will, differ from the brain which is the instrument of thought.

The heat Coal differs Do memory Perceptions
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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavor so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind

True basis Morality Utility The adaptation
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Terrorism The tactic Demanding The impossible
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Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.

Chemotherapy Feel bad Feeling now Good thing
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I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

It's possible To have A sense Tragedy
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Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties.

Million People die Every day Go sometimes
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Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

No god No afterlife Persuasive evidence Argument
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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonizing death, but then be reborn to have an agonizing and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.

The people Who pray Agonizing death Be reborn
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Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.

Religion Human Make up Our cultural
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I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

Sometimes wish Suffering Good cause Risking
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My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

My father Had died Very swiftly Of cancer
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Moral character A precondition Great moral Accomplishments
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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

Great questions Philosophy Have morality Celestial dictation
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Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

Trust As faith A friend Someone
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To terrify children with the image of hell,to consider women an inferior creation,Is that good for the world?

Terrify children The image Hell Consider women
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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
Had some Dark nights Giving in Depression
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I learned Most intolerant Narrow minded People
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The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

The totalitarian The enemy That's absolute Wants control
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Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Many people Come through Esophageal cancer Live
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I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

Don't think Souls Bodies Be changed
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Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt.

Belief In God Makes people Behave worse
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Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic.

Cancer Victim hood Permanent temptation Self centered
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For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

The people Ostensibly wish Are worried Immortal soul
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I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That's all crap.

Love it Muslims To war Christian do
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Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Solidarity An attitude Resistance
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.

The violence The bible Appalling
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