Richard Tillinghast famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.
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No one man is superior to the game.
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The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
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As for the Jews, their explanation of anti-Semitism is more characteristic yet. In addition to the usual cliche, "with hatred and savagery" - naturally with no motive, they do not care to discuss motives - according to them, anti-Semitism is a madness, an intellectual degeneration, an affliction of the spirit.
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We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
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Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap.
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An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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Originality is the art of concealing your sources.
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