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The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners.
In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard.
The genius of the primitive mind is that it can render human helplessness in noble and beautiful ways.
Women are, I think, moved by the idea that self-sacrifice is noble and can be the source of great joy.
I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
The dreams of youth. So noble. So good. And heavy dreamsthey were- made frail only by their own weight.
If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult.
Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes.
Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.
For I had rather die in the adventure ot noble achievements, then live in obscure and sluggish security.
Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.
It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.
It's very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.
If I could help educate our children at an institution for higher learning, that would be a noble thing.
Actors really are the scum of the earth. Their behavior makes overpaid rock stars look positively noble.
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.
Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.
It's the great deception in modern culture: Bad things call for noble names to cloak their evil outcomes.
New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.
Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful.
The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.
Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.
It is a peculiar art form, but I think it's a necessary art form - and I do believe it's a noble art form.
I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as possible.
The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
Noble spirits are heterodox.
Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.
Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.
Be noble in every thought And in every deed!
There is a noble and a base side to every history.
A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood.
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.
The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee.
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.