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21 " In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. "
― Augustine of Hippo
22 " We maintain, on the contrary, that war is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means. We deliberately use the phrase “with the addition of other means” because we also want to make it clear that war in itself does not suspend political intercourse or change it into something entirely different. In essentials that intercourse continues, irrespective of the means it employs. "
― Carl von Clausewitz
23 " Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism. Let me illustrate. Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of being born on some particular spot consider themselves nobler, better, grander, more intelligent than those living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen spot to fight, kill and die in the attempt to impose his superiority upon all the others. The inhabitants of the other spots reason in like manner, of course, with the result that from early infancy the mind of the child is provided with blood-curdling stories about the Germans, the French, the Italians, Russians, etc. When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country against the attack or invasion of any foreigner. It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition.An army and navy represent the people's toys. "
― Emma Goldman
24 " It was strange: When you reduced even a fledgling love affair to its essentials - I loved her, she maybe loved me, I was foolish, I suffered - it became vacuous and trite, meaningless to anyone else. In the end, it's only the moments that we have, the kiss on the palm, the joint wonder at the furrowed texture of a fir trunk or at the infinitude of grains of sand in a dune. Only the moments. "
― Susan Vreeland , Girl in Hyacinth Blue
25 " Never mind gas masks and fallout shelters in the event of biological warfare. Many New Yorkers move from place to place equipped with the essentials of vermin assault weaponry: mouse traps, roach spray, and sticky tapes. In some neighborhoods, it’s a must. "
― Isabel Lopez , Isabel's Hand-Me-Down Dreams
26 " Diversity of opinion in religious belief and its mode is not incompatible with equal possession of the essentials of pure faith, nor at variance with the divine purpose. If an analogy exists between the growth we observe in the vegetable kingdom and that of the intellectual, we should expect to find the same variety in the expression of human belief that we seek in the development of tree and flower. Every tree is not an oak, nor every flower a rose, but each tree and flower is the expression in form and colour of its own inner life. In the same manner the mind was intended to be free to develop according to its own light, and any attempt to coerce it into a defined groove is an interference with the natural order of things. To condemn those who in matters of religion do not conform to our standards is, therefore, as unreasonable as to find fault with an oak tree because it is not an elm. "
― , Philosophy of Ancient Britain
27 " After order and liberty economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace. "
28 " The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do something to love and something to hope for. "
29 " The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love and something to hope for. "
30 " The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do something to love and something to hope for. "
31 " The essentials of poetry are rhythm dance and the human voice. "
32 " Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. "
― Joseph Addison
33 " Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century. "
34 " The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. "
35 " Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. "
― John D. Rockefeller