#dependence

All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all alike equally impotent, they cannot be in reciprocal dependence upon one another. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#alone #another #being #cannot #creatures

But he could never be a made guy himself because of his tainted blood, some Sunset Park Puerto Rican on his father's side, even though he was raised Italian. Chili didn't care to be made anyway, get into all that bullshit having to do with respect. It was bad enough having to treat these guys like they were your heroes, smile when they made some stupid remark they thought was funny. ↗

— Elmore Leonard

#mob #respect #respect

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#change #declaration #few #hanging #independence

The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#global #global village #image #independence #new

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there. ↗

— Diana Ross

#absolutely #being #diana #diana ross #disagree

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty. ↗

— Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu

#citizen #constantly #could #difference #doing

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#impatience #independence #mark

At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. ↗

— Roh Moo-hyun

#destiny #determine #forced #go #history

In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness. ↗

— Carre Otis

#dependence #down #fast #found #hopeful

Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. ↗

— Richard Owen

#appreciation #being #dependence #estimate #experience