Quote by Irving Babbitt
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. – Irving Babbitt

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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type. – Irving Babbitt

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Society
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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it. – Irving Babbitt

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Failure
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. – Irving Babbitt

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If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask? – Graham Greene

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My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters. – David Knopfler

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Faith

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age. – Freya Stark

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Faith

I think Hispanic community – the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility. – Ted Cruz

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Faith

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You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact. – Harry Dean Stanton

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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picasso

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A goodbye isn’t painful unless you’re never going to say hello again. – Author Unknown

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Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasnt sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad. – Wayne Coyne

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