A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
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A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if mortal man will dare to describe them, he has no better medium than his own inarticulate speech.
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu heresy. How dare a bunch of goondas shrink the soaring majesty of the Vedas and the Upanishads to the petty bigotry of their brand of identity politics?
Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.
How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
How dare you say it's nothing to me? Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.
How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with him and him alone. Only in the context of grace can we face our sin; only in the place of healing do we dare to show our wounds; only with a singleminded attention to Christ can we give up our clinging fears and face our own true nature.
We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice.
What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.
Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do.
The very instant I saw you, did My heart fly to your service; there resides To make me slave to it. ...mine unworthiness, that dare not offer What I desire to give, and much less take What I shall die to want.
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