#ode

That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#already #biological #christianity #fulfilled #impossible

Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#alone #born #environment #growth #his

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#deserts #down #educator #jungles #modern

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#exploded #in the beginning #nothing #which

Great men have great discipline.” ― Habeeb Akande ↗

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#great #greatness #hero #leaders #leadership

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#celebrity #cheesy #example #going #i

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

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I think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model, and I think people are jumping and missing that stage. ↗

— Kim Alexis

#had #i #i think #jumping #missing

The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#allow #citizens #enforcement #free #give

Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s. ↗

— Peter Lewis Allen

#america #any #before #disease #early