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spiritual stronger reverence-for-life
The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life. Albert Schweitzer
spiritual thinking self
Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe.
spiritual strong age
Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.
spiritual philosophy profound
Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
spiritual foundation sincerity
Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
spiritual cute-friendship being-sad
Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
spiritual independent reverence-for-life
Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
spiritual yoga deep-life
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
spiritual thinking soul
I always think that we live, spiritually, By what others have given us in the significant hours of our life. These significant hours do not announce themselves as coming, but arrive unexpected.
civilization balance disturbed
The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.
civilization movement ethical
Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
civilization model rest
so it will become a model of civilization for the rest of the world. Mahmoud Abbas
civilization coming explain fight flags fly house lawn south threat today together white
More than 170 flags will fly on the south lawn of the White House today as a way to visually and symbolically explain that the world is coming together to fight this threat to civilization and to freedom. Karen Hughes
civilization civilized drawn fully office people purse stealing
No people is fully civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse Theodore Roosevelt
civilization taught students
Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics. Diane Ravitch
civilization america political
America became a great civilization thanks to a culture based on the value of having to earn almost everything an American got in life. As it abandons this value, it will become a mediocre civilization. And eventually it will not be America. It will be a large Sweden, and just as influential as the smaller one. Dennis Prager
civilization environmental cliffs
When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense. Denis Hayes
civilization barbarians fascination
The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization. Dean Koontz
intellectual found difficult
I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.
intellectual left bubbles
I have spent a good part of my life showing what an intellectual bubble the Left lives in.
intellectual emotion veneer
Leftism hides under an intellectual veneer, but underneath it is all emotion
intellectual damage moral
My great project is to undo the moral and intellectual damage of most universities
intellectual controversial interest
How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups? Edward Abbey
intellectual weakness mysterious
Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others. Charles Caleb Colton
intellectual widows want
These esoteric, intellectual debates-I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation, Chris Christie
intellectual style canada
The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants. Camille Paglia
intellectual speak tradition
French rhetorical models are too narrow for the English tradition. Most pernicious of French imports is the notion that there is no person behind a text. Is there anything more affected, aggressive, and relentlessly concrete than a Parisan intellectual behind his/her turgid text? The Parisian is a provincial when he pretends to speak for the universe.