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Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.


Jean Vanier

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A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, ...
EDMUND BURKE Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains
THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.
AMOS OZ Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
MASON COOLEY Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
PYTHAGORAS Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance
PYTHAGORAS Love begins and ends in the brain.
MARIANA FULGER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
ROBERT FROST And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then t...
PETER T. KING Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.
ELBERT HUBBARD Philosophy begins in wonder. It never ends.
ROBERT NOZICK In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins.
HORACE (HORATIO) SMITH Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins
HORACE SMITH Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
RUDOLF LUDWIG KARL VIRCHOW My nobility begins in me, but yours ends in you
IPHICRATES Every declaration we make is like a seed planted,whose harvest we can't possibly foretell.
AULIQ-ICE In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually en...
ANNA JAMESON Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the ...
THOMAS BUXTON Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
ROBERT BROWNING Life numbed, unceasing, interminable, from zero begins to zero it ends.
XIAOBO LIU You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move to...
E. STANLEY JONES Man's course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city.
ALEXANDER MACLAREN God's leaders believe the impossible and move in the eternal.
SHERRY K. WHITE Remember that the bad days are not forever, and the trouble which seems so terrible at last.
GEORGE ORWELL Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
PYTHAGORAS Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
H. G. BOHN Success begins with belief and ends with doubt.
LARINA KASE I think the end of last year when we were aware of that transition was for everyone in their own way...
STOCKARD CHANNING The book of life begins with a man and a woman in a garden, and ends with Revelations.
OSCAR WILDE "My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you." - Iphicrates,
IPHICRATES We take pride in being positive community citizens and leaders, and we take our profile in the commu...
DEAN SPANOS The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else,and the avera...
GEORGE ORWELL When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
BRENE BROWN Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
WILL DURANT True love begins with emotions and ends with sacrifice.
RAMESH KAVDIA(RAMESH BABA) Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art
WILL DURANT Happiness begins with love from others, but ends if you can’t love yourself.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN Long ago, before I met her, she twisted her blond hair into dreadlocks and, pretty as she is, the lo...
TONI MORRISON So what do you do if you are imprisoned for your race and ethnicity? The message is, Those are your ...
SUN YUNG SHIN The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Whatever begins, also ends
SENECA You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you a...
WILHELM REICH The means are inconsequential, only the ens matter
RITA STRADLING Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain ...
FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And per...
FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins and nothing ends That is not paid with moan; For we are born in other's pain, And p...
FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins and nothing ends That is not paid with moan; For we are born in other's pain, And per...
FRANCIS THOMPSON Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.
JOSé RIZAL Charity begins at home .. and ends at the charity home...
ANKALA V SUBBARAO Threshold is where the madness ends and the magic begins.
KAMAL RAVIKANT Leaders take the pleasure to always keep their words and the followers often seek the pleasure in th...
ANUJ SOMANY It's open to people in the community. There are a lot of potential leaders out there.
JACK WALSH I'll understand, of course, if you want to stay with your aunt and uncle,' said Sirius. 'But...well....
J.K. ROWLING The Rum Diaries.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Invisible.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS But I don't think people saw it, because it was well disguised. To me, effects are only successful w...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS God didn't do that! You did it. You're a fucking narcotics agent! I was on to your stinking act from...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS You took too much man, too much, too much.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Dogs fucked the Pope, no fault of mine. Watch out! . . . Why money? My name is Brinks; I was born . ...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS "we can't stop here this is bat country."

"If we're ever going to get out of here alive, we...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Jesus, where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to become president?
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the difference between lightning ...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Go against the tide and sell a product that no one else is selling.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Twelve Monkeys.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS we can't stop here this is bat country.""If we're ever going to get out of here alive, we're going t...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS the closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape?
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS The dragon took his other arm. But he is still a dragonslayer, no matter what.
RUTH FORD ELWARD You and I. We’re going back. People are dying because of this beast. It must be stopped. And we wi...
RUTH FORD ELWARD He couldn't move. Running would get him killed. Fighting would get him killed. …Standing where he ...
RUTH FORD ELWARD Our paper — actually the community's paper — will cover eight years of local history each month us...
JOY REDDING Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like ...
TSUGUMI OHBA Architecture begins where engineering ends.
WALTER GROPIUS Where ambition ends happiness begins.
SOURCE UNKNOWN When ambition ends, happiness begins.
PROVERB Where law ends, tyranny begins.
WILLIAM PITT When ambition ends, happiness begins.
THOMAS MERTON Where ambition ends happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
HUNGARIAN PROVERB When diplomacy ends, War begins.
ADOLF HITLER Fear ends when love begins.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN Personality begins where comparison ends.
KARL LAGERFELD Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins
JOHN LOCKE Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Where law ends, tyranny begins
WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER Camaraderie ends when crime begins.
SIMON WIESENTHAL Life begins where fear ends.
OSHO We rise in glory, as we sink in pride:
Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.
EDWARD YOUNG It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
AYN RAND Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
KATE SPADE Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then
OSCAR WILDE

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