To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.
I remember talking to someone who is vegan. At the time, I would hear a lot of outrageous claims from vegans about the good that being a vegan can do for you, for your health and whatnot. I remember someone once told me vegans don't sweat, so I started my mind going.
The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it.
Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will.
No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim.
You have to name it to claim it
I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.
Jesus makes large claims for his heavenly father but never mentions that his mother is or was a virgin, and is repeatedly very rude and coarse to her when she makes an appearance.
The claim that American women are downtrodden and unfairly treated is the fraud of the century.
The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into question the truthfulness of Scripture wherever Scripture is making truth claims.
People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient.
Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of virtues to flaws, of ability to incompetence, of progress to stagnation-and the subordinating of all life and of all values to the claims of anyone's suffering.
The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive.
A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.
A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.
Our ability to receive is a necessary component if we desire to own our power, claim our worth and live fearlessly.
You've got Bush and Gore headed to the Supreme Court. You've got George W. Bush's intelligence will be pitted against Al Gore's honesty. This is more like a case for small claims court.