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Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. ↗

— Boethius

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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ↗

— Confucius

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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. ↗

— A. P. Herbert

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I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

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About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible. ↗

— John Woolman

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The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a doctor who offers a course of therapeutic treatment to heal one’s ills. To embark on such a therapy is not designed to bring one any closer to ‘the Truth’ but to enable one’s life to flourish here and now, hopefully leaving a legacy that will continue to have beneficial repercussions after one’s death. (154) ↗

— Stephen Batchelor

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