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The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.

The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.

The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

The more I work, the more I see things differently, that is, everything gains in grandeur every day, becomes more and more unknown, more and more beautiful. The closer I come, the grander it is, the more remote it is.

The most efficient action, the most significant testimony to nonviolence, is living a life in which there is no violence-showing that such a life is possible, and even not more difficult than a life of gain, nor more unpleasant than a life of pleasure, nor less natural than an 'ordinary' life.

The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.

The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.

The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone, even those enjoying the greatest gains from success.

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

The next step in meditation is not just to focus, but to stop thought completely without having to focus; you gain a tremendous amount of personal power.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority.

The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a gain.

The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the "best" sources.

The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield.

The power of faith is suspending judgment long enough to gain the rewards available.

The primary goal isn't a financial gain; it's to put out interesting music.

The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.

The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness.

The point of equilibrium will be known by the criterion that an infinitely small amount of commodity exchanged in addition, at the same rate, will bring neither gain nor loss of utility.

The principle of investing is that by use you possess and gain, by disuse you decline and lose.

The question to ask about the writer isn't 'Why does he behave so badly?' but 'What does he gain by wearing this mask?

The psychic world is a dimensional plane that you can gain access to. It is a dimension of feeling and clear seeing.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The pursuit of material gain is ultimately empty when measured against eternity.

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.

There are two sides to increasing energy. One is avoiding loss. The other is learning how to gain energy.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.

There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.

The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy and the stock market. If you want to know where the stock market is headed, forget about consumer spending and retail sales figures. Look to business spending, price inflation, interest rates, and productivity gains.

There is empirical evidence that leading brands that keep investing during recessions gain share.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.

There is no gains without pain.

There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.

There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.

There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough to despise wealth, but you must also feed the poor and, more importantly, you must follow Christ.

There is no short cut to truth, no way to gain a knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of scientific method.

There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.

There is one thing that I feel I still have to do and that is gain revenge over Lennox Lewis. If Lewis came back I would find the motivation to return to boxing and beat him.

There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.

There's always a possibility of richer maturation - of taking more and more responsibility for yourself and for your life...And this is what I hope...to make you understand how much you gain by taking re-sponsibility for every emotion, every movement you make, every thought you have...We touch each other by honestly being what we are, not intentionally making contact.

There's no bad consequence to loving fully, comma with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.

There's no gain, without pain.

There's no great loss without some small gain.