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These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#ancient #blindly #close #comfort #conservative

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#beings #capable #consider #doubt #expansion

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#been #believe #god #great #i

I am attracting a new audience now, one that is more open and more spiritually inclined. ↗

— Kenny Loggins

#attracting #audience #i #i am #inclined

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#become #doubt #importance #inclined #influence

You can pour holy oil and holy water on a thug until you have emptied buckets of both; but at the end he will be a consecrated thug, but a thug all the same unless interior intentions and a disciplined man are present. ↗

— William H. O'Connell

#buckets #consecrated #disciplined #emptied #end

Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#both #brothers #business #course #i

Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#also #back #because #better #camp

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. ↗

— Roman Polanski

#disciplined #expression #films #follow #i

Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#conversation #disciplined #distressed #engaging #fellow