#of

Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#based #between #both #church #convictions

The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#disproved #everything #folly #his #much

I made a habit always to hear the Indians; and although they very often lie to me, I do not show them any displeasure for it, for I do not believe them and I do not decide anything until I have found out the truth. ↗

— Antonio de Mendoza

#always #any #anything #believe #decide

Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach. ↗

— Mark Messier

#often #personality #really #take #team

It's funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they're always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl. ↗

— Al Michaels

#always #bay #bowl #cowboys #dallas

When you stop blaming others for where you are in life, that is when you can start to manifest your dream life! ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

Before, the woods had always done so much for me. Once I could actually go out into the woods and communicate with God, or Nature or something. Now that something didn’t come through. It was just not there anymore. More than ever I began to wonder whether God actually existed. Maybe God changed as the individual changed, or perhaps grew as one grew. ↗

— Anne Moody

#civil-rights #coming-of-age-in-mississippi #faith #god #nature

Little Joe was still behind him. Eli could feel it. He wanted to look back, but he couldn’t. The tears were too close. If he were Fancy, he’d turn around and kick and buck and moo and do just about anything to keep his calf near. But Eli wasn’t Fancy; he was a farmer. ↗

— Sandra Neil Wallace

#animals #author-sandra-neil-wallace #coming-of-age #cows #farm-life

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze. ↗

— David Miliband

#capitalism #childhood #dad #debating #football

I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#beings #better #conduct #help #human