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Conditions Quotes - Page 2

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.57, OUP Oxford

As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.5, Macmillan

The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.

Thaddeus Stevens (1998). “The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Volume 2: April 1865-August 1868”, p.45, University of Pittsburgh Pre

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

Dr. Robert C. Worstell, James Breckenridge Jones, Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and Grow Rich, Updated and Complete - With If You Can Count to Four...”, p.120, Lulu.com

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

"Giovanni's Room". Book by James A. Baldwin (Part 2), www.newyorker.com. 1956.

I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back.

Edward Lear (2001). “The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense”, Lane, Allen

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.53, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Hope is what makes the human condition liveable

Arthur Kleinman (2007). “What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life Amidst Uncertainty and Danger”, p.45, Oxford University Press

People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.

"Iran’s Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks From Exile". Interview with Bryan Schatz, www.motherjones.com. February 29, 2016.

That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

Pliny (the Younger) (18??). “The Letters of Pliny the Younger: Literally Translated with Notes, Melmoth's Translation, Revised by Bosanquest”

There is no condition for forgiveness.

Paul Tillich (2005). “The New Being”, p.9, U of Nebraska Press

My will is not a place, but a condition. Do not ask Me where and when, but ask Me how.

Frances J. Roberts (2009). “Come Away My Beloved Updated”, p.14, Barbour Publishing