“ Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. ”
- Kenneth Burke- Copy
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“ To be an American is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history. ”
- Leslie Fiedler- Copy
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“ Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety. ”
- Louis Kronenberger- Copy
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“ One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us. ”
- James Harvey Robinson- Copy
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“ The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary. ”
- Baruch Spinoza- Copy
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“ Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. ”
- Frank Sinatra- Copy
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“ I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them. ”
- Baruch Spinoza- Copy
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“ Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. ”
- Karl Kraus- Copy
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“ If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion, insofar as it sets that three-quarters free and communicates self-confidence and mutual cheerful agreeableness to those who know they are subject to its law. ”
- Friedrich Nietzsche- Copy
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“ History, insofar as it accustoms human beings to comprehend the whole of the past and to hasten forward with its conclusions into the far future, conceals the boundaries of birth and death, which enclose the life of the human being so narrowly and oppressively, and with a kind of optical illusion, expands his short existence into endless space, leading the individual imperceptibly over into humanity. ”
- Friedrich von Schiller- Copy
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“ A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind. ”
- Richard Hofstadter- Copy
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“ The life of the individual only has meaning insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value to which all other values are subordinate. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy — yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. ”
- Nelson Algren- Copy
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