Discipline Quotes — Page 41

Novelist, Philosopher

“The military world is characterized by the absence of freedom - in other words, a rigorous discipline-enforced inactivity, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery and drunkenness.”

Military Ignorance Discipline

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

“As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit.”

Silence Discipline Temptation

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

“Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and where we can respond freely to God's guidance.”

Spiritual Space Discipline

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

“It is not that the university as such is against spiritual formation. It is just that often the university does not know how to integrate spiritual formation within its academic disciplines.”

Doe Spiritual Discipline

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George Santayana

Philosopher, Poet

“The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence.”

Men Art Discipline

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

“No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen? Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer?”

Philosophy Forever Discipline

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

“As we grow older, we live more coarsely, we relax a little in our disciplines, and, to some extent, cease to obey our finest instincts. But we should be fastidious to the extreme of sanity, disregarding the gibes of those who are more unfortunate than ourselves.”

Littles Discipline Relax

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

“Surely the writer is to address a world of laborers, and such therefore must be his own discipline.”

World Discipline Addresses

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Lewis Schiff

Businessman

“The bottom line: All of your investing decisions should be grounded in your own investment policy statement. By taking a "top-down" look at your finances and writing out a road map, your policy statement will add an important element of discipline to your approach.”

Writing Discipline Top Down

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“I don't get a rush from anything. I did music as hard as I could. Acting for me at least, is a far more restrained performance than music. It requires a lot of skill and discipline. I'm not any good at it but I enjoy trying to be good at it.”

Trying Skills Discipline

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher, Writer

“Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction?”

Pain Suffering Discipline

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.”

Real Discipline Real Friends

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