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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects. ↗

— George Ripley

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Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

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It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning. ↗

— Josiah Royce

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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. ↗

— John Ruskin

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I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

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