Pastoral Resources

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.

We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.

Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.