"He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles."

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"He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles."

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"What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse."

George A. Sheehan, American Writer

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"Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game."

Jacques Ellul, French Philosopher

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"I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise."

Peter Singer, Australian Philosopher

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"Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls."

Michelle Obama, American First Lady

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"The only exercise I excel at is jumping to conclusions."

James Nathan Miller, American Author

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"It's good to always do some sort of exercise."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

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"Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well."

James Freeman Clarke, American Clergyman

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"Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia."

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"It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor."

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"Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you."

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"Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change?"

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"Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it."

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"Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself."

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"Man has been adjudged a social animal."

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"The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies."

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"Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not."

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"Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one."

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