#dependence

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#awareness #based #beings #compassion #idea

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men. ↗

— George Richards Minot

#greater #independence #land #men #possession

Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism. ↗

— Said Musa

#did #independence #mean #narrow #nationalism

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#dependence #his #insofar #only #opportunities

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. ↗

— Anais Nin

#action #actions #again #dream #form

The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence. ↗

— Carl Pope

#drill #fact #independence #oil #our

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way. ↗

— Sherry Argov

#character #independence #strong-woman #attitude

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#atheists #author #because #cabinet #declaration

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #am #ancient #asked #assigned

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#declaration #founders #god #got #government