"Nothing radically changes when instead of human satisfaction, we think of the satisfaction of some heavenly being! God's person displaces the problem and does not abolish it."

-- Georges Bataille

#Thinking Quotes #Doe Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes

“I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.”
“We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.”
“Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.”
“Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them.”

Source : Jeremiah Seed (1763). “Discourses on several important subjects: To which is added, Eight sermons preached at the Lady Moyer's lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London”, p.130
“True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1824). “Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author”, p.117
“I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.”
“Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.”

Source : Obama's Speech to Students at Cairo University in Cairo, www.cbsnews.com. June 4, 2009.

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