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I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.
Michael J. Fox
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The Giver of Existence is Eternally Existent; there is no harm, therefore, in the passing of beings, for the things that are loved continue to exist through the continuance of the One Who gave them existence, the Necessary Existent.
Said Nursi
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.


Charles Caleb Colton
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The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.


Adrian Cronauer
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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
Mary Douglas
An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
Gary Hamel
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There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.


William Osler
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We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
Barbara Lee
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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Jane Austen
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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
Saint Ignatius
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.


Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong.
Walter Isaacson
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There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.
Shimon Peres
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There is no harm in repeating a good thing.


Plato
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Aesop
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Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.


Joseph P. Kennedy
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Indeed I regard the enduring support which I have received over the years from all sections of the community in Ballymena as being more than sufficient recognition for any success which I may have achieved as an actor.
Liam Neeson
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Like almost every major infrastructure, the Internet can be abused and its users harmed. We must, however, take great care that the cure for these ills does not do more harm than good. The benefits of the open and accessible Internet are nearly incalculable, and their loss would wreak significant social and economic damage.
Vint Cerf
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Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.


Virginia Woolf
When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.
Lois Lowry