To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet. Rita Dove orderplaypoet Change image and share on social
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years. Carl Friedrich Gauss amountcoincidecontent share on social
To pray is to have a conversation with Deity. This sacred and supernal communication with Heavenly Father is a divine and delicate process. This crucial communication should be conducted with great care and in compliance with sacred counsel. L. Lionel Kendrick carecommunicationcompliance share on social
TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance. Rebecca Harding Davis benefitchancecredit Change image and share on social
To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers. George Whitefield angelhalfhearer Change image and share on social
To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response. Roland Allen addresscallexpect share on social
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less. Plato choosecompelevil Change image and share on social
To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes. John Locke darknesseyelook Change image and share on social
To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices. Bjorn Lomborg acknowledgeadequatelyarmageddon share on social
To preserve the human race, it is now necessary to reorganize society. To this end, an Authority must be created with the power to control human population, to redistribute food, to purify air, water, soil, to re-pattern the cities. Gore Vidal airauthoritycity share on social
