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I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her. ' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male  (Benevolent Quotes) It sounds silly, I know. But for me, the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie. Like a benevolent God, a good song will never let you down. And sometimes, when you’re trying to find your way, one of those gods actually shows up and gives you directions  (Benevolent Quotes) It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition  (Benevolent Quotes) But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine  (Benevolent Quotes) The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others  (Benevolent Quotes) Successful enterprises are usually led by a proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator  (Benevolent Quotes) The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep  (Benevolent Quotes) Lament is a cry of belief in a good God.... Complaint is the bitter howl of unbelief in any benevolent God  (Benevolent Quotes) How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles  (Benevolent Quotes) How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles!  (Benevolent Quotes) Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile  (Benevolent Quotes) The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist?  (Benevolent Quotes) Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don’t put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze  (Benevolent Quotes) Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly  (Benevolent Quotes) I mean, you can’t be less ruthless than the opposition simply because your government’s policy is benevolent, can you now?  (Benevolent Quotes) A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment  (Benevolent Quotes) America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn’t use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo  (Benevolent Quotes) Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied  (Benevolent Quotes) It is an oftentimes dangerous world, and not all of the people in it are nice, sweet and benevolent. It is the nature of man to behave otherwise, and we must find leaders who can show us a better way and still maintains a balanced view  (Benevolent Quotes) The very basis of true peace of mind is a benevolent wish to see all the world as happy as one’s self  (Benevolent Quotes) What am I writing for anyway? Is it like dreaming? Is it a benevolent process? Something that moves the past forward? And what about those people who say all you get from looking at the past is a stiff neck?  (Benevolent Quotes) The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there’s any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all  (Benevolent Quotes) I think there are presences out there that we can’t see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they’re angels or something else, I’m not sure  (Benevolent Quotes) It is an old dream: To travel on the back of a benevolent sea beast down to some secret underwater garden  (Benevolent Quotes) To my knowledge there are no good records that have been built by institutions run by committee. In almost all cases the great records are the product of individuals, perhaps working together, but always within a clearly defined framework. Their names are on the door and they are quite visible to the investing public. In reality outstanding records are made by dictators, hopefully benevolent, but nonetheless dictators  (Benevolent Quotes) If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses power, he must possess wisdom. He becomes converted to the seductive thesis that election to public office endows the official with both power and wisdom. At this point, he begins to lose his ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is politically expedient  (Benevolent Quotes) A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper’s brain is the vessel’s brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations  (Benevolent Quotes) I never read the scripts at all carefully and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien, that’s the way it should be  (Benevolent Quotes) I need a lot of support... Life is really hard, and I don’t see some active benevolent force out there. I see it as basically a really cool survival game. You get on the right side of the tracks, and you now are actually working with what some people would call magic  (Benevolent Quotes) The idea is that one’s temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That’s not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good nap  (Benevolent Quotes)
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