1913 Dime Quotes & Sayings

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Ps. 119:34. — Ellen G. White

Habit is the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. Full half the time of such a man goes to the deciding, or regretting, of matters which ought to be so ingrained in him as practically not to exist for his consciousness at all. — William James

Those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. — Marthe Bibesco

A distinguished cognitive neuroscientist confessed to me that, because of his religious upbringing, he could not get rid of psychoneural dualism. The idea that one ceases to be after death was too painful to him. — Mario Bunge

Hope was a beacon but it also had the strength of a bully. — Deb Caletti

To eat communion bread will be to taste the world's indifference, and to immerse myself in nothingness. — Clarice Lispector

Advocates of Strict Father morality show such a resentment of illegitimate authority, not just toward meddling parents but toward any moral authority seen to be illegitimately meddling in their lives. The federal government is a common target. We regularly hear arguments that the federal government doesn't know what's best for people, that people know what's best for themselves, and that the government is not acting in the interests of ordinary people. Therefore, federal authority should be shifted to local governments or eliminated altogether. It — George Lakoff

Striving to convey to this beloved audience of one what was going on around me during those five years, I learned the power of language to map a life, to overcome a distance, to focus attention on what matters most. — Scott Russell Sanders

There's nothing so bad in the world that dog kisses won't make it better — Lynn Plourde

Wonders and signs shall never cease. — Lailah Gifty Akita