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«Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
| About:
Love
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act, acting out, Acts of Love, Act of, act out, also, commit, completely, faith, give, guarantee, guaranteeing, hope, Hope and Faith, In the, loved, means, oneself, on faith, person, produce
«It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.»
Author: Robert Francis Kennedy
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Future
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activity, arena, bodies, clearly, commit, human activity, shaped, The Task
«It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found / not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.»
Author: St. Teresa of Avila
(Mystic, Nun, Writer)
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although, commit, corners, daughters, incomparably, in the midst, lapsed, lapses, lapsing, midst, occasions
«If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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bills, bloodied, bloodiest, bloody, commit, definition, enable, innocent, peaceable, revolution, shed, tax, The State, this year, violent
«I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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about, Being Myself, both, commit, Friends, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, like, myself, other places, places, see, This is the Place
«Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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armed, arms, assailant, assaulted, assaults, attacked, carrying, commit, confidence man, crimes, determined, disarm, disarmed, disarming, disarms, encourage, forbid, homicide, homicides, inclined, inclines, inclining, Laws, prevent, serve, unarmed
«No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Right
| Keywords:
aggression, aggressions, commit, Equal rights, Laws, natural, natural law, Natural right, natural rights, restrain, restrains, rights