James Joyce Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Dark Quotes

He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. If he were a painter he would paint her in that attitude. Her blue felt hat would show off the bronze of her hair against the darkness and the dark panels of her skirt would show off the light ones. Distant Music he would call the picture if he were a painter.

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The great masses of people do not consist of philosophers; precisely for the masses, faith is often the sole foundation of a moral attitude. The various substitutes have not proved so successful from the standpoint of results that they could be regarded as a useful replacement for previous religious creeds. But if religious doctrine and faith are really to embrace the broad masses, the unconditional authority of the content of this faith is the foundation of all efficacy.

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I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Spiritual Quotes , Attitude Quotes

There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept or if you have slept or if you have head ache or sciatica or leprosy or thunder-stroke, I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace and not pollute the morning.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Morning Quotes , Attitude Quotes

What are we saying when we say now, something is holy? That means you should take a different attitude to what you are doing than if you were, for example, doing it for kicks.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Mean Quotes

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.

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Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

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We long for unity, but are unwilling to pay the price. But of course, true unity cannot be so easily won. It starts with a change in attitudes - a broadening of our minds, and a broadening of our hearts.

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Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Heart Quotes

In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity.

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Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Unity Quotes

Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social enviornment.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Mirrors Quotes

I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble effect. You could see the shudder sweep the mass like a wave.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Magic Quotes

Jesus Christ left us an example for our daily conduct. He felt no bitter resentment and He held no grudge against anyone! Even those who crucified Him were forgiven while they were in the act. Not a word did He utter against them nor against the ones who stirred them up to destroy Him. How evil they all were. He knew better than any other man, but He maintained a charitable attitude toward them.

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Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Believe Quotes

A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.

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