Quotes by Sake He saw mankind going through life in a childlike manner... which he loved but also despised.... He saw them toiling, saw them suffering, and becoming gray for the sake of things which seemed to him to be entirely unworthy of this price, for money, for little pleasures, for being slightly honoured. Hermann Hesse sake suffering littles I love him who maketh his virtue his inclination and destiny: thus, for the sake of his virtue, he is willing to live on, or live no more. Friedrich Nietzsche i-love-him destiny sake We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other. Huston Smith compassion sake self We take a drink only for the sake of the benediction. I. L. Peretz benediction drink sake He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird. Ian Holloway sake bird laughing Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain. Ibn Taymiyyah benefits done sake Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood. Ignatius of Loyola body sake blood As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them. Henry Ward Beecher garden flower sake The concept that one ought to restrict one's political involvement to one's own state was deeply antithetical to those who were pursuing the accumulation of capital for its own sake. Immanuel Wallerstein political states sake Although intelligence tests are usually speed tests for the sake of convenience, it is debatable whether speed has any rightful place in the basic concept of intelligence. Isabel Briggs Myers intelligence tests sake It is a good thing to be a great sinner. Or should human beings allow Christ to have died on the Cross for the sake of our petty lies and our paltry whorings Isak Dinesen sake lying christ If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited. J. I. Packer conceited proud sake Follow Christ for His own sake, if you follow Him at all. J. C. Ryle sake ifs christ But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction. Jack Vance sake science fiction Now when Túrin learnt from Finduilas of what had passed, he was wrathful, and he said to Gwindor: 'In love I hold you for your rescue and sake-keeping. But now you have done ill to me, friend, to betray my right name, and call my doom upon me, from which I would lie hid.' But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name. J. R. R. Tolkien sake names lying I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think, for its own sake. James Arthur sake challenges thinking It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us. James A. Baldwin passion sake darkness For goodness sake, look at those cakes. James Brown cake sake looks I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good. James McGreevey torture sake believe I'm always willing to accept change, just as long as it isn't change for the sake of change. If that change will result in a better way of doing things, then I'm all for it. James Van Fleet progress sake long «89101112131415161718»
