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“In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty”

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. 1828-1910)

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“A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.”

Abraham J. Heschel quotes (Jewish theologian and philosopher, 1907-1972)

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“If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.”

Alan King quotes (American Comic, 1927-2004)

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“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.”

St. Thomas Aquinas quotes (Scholastic philosopher and theologian, 1225-1274)

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“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”

Orson Welles quotes (American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer, 1915-1985)

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“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.”

Mildred B. Vermont quotes

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“War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.”

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. 1828-1910)

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“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.”

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. 1828-1910)

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“Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.”

Kurt Langner quotes

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“Goodness is love in action, love with its hand to the plow, love with the burden on its back, love following his footsteps who went about continually doing good.”

James Hamilton quotes

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“If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer is no. When you love someone you just know.”

Janice Markowitz quotes

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