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• And when it is suggested that the inward feelings of power or inward monitions or losses of judgement are the germs out of which the divine machinery developed, I return that truth is just the reverse, that the presence of voices which had to be obeyed were the absolute prerequisite to the conscious stage of mind in which it is the self that is responsible and can debate within itself, can order and direct, and that the creation of such a self is the product of culture. In a sense, we have become our own gods.

  Julian Jaynes

  Loss, Self, Order

  "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes, (Book I, Chapter 3, p. 79), 1976.

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• Seva, love and sacrifice are the basic prerequisites for human development. If you agree with this precept, nurture good will towards all and help people to the best of your ability without expecting anything in return. Don't think, 'I will render service only when the organizers agree with me and not otherwise.' Dear brother! In that case, you will not be able to serve. You will only nurture your ego by making others agree with you.

  Asaram

  Love, Brother, Sacrifice

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• The first prerequisite of elaborate mental exercise was a full stomach.

  Mark Frost

  Exercise, Firsts, Stomach

  Mark Frost (2013). “The List of 7”, p.39, Open Road Media

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• It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design golf courses nowadays.

  Phil Mickelson

  Golf, Play, Design

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• The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada.

  Frederick Lenz

  Philosophy, Teaching, Three

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• In civilized places idleness, once the prerequisite for abstract thought, poetry, religion, philosophy, and falling in love, has become a character flaw. In America we've managed to stamp it out almost completely, and few people under forty can remember a single moment of it, even in earliest childhood. The phrase 'spare time' has vanished from the land.

  Barbara Holland

  Falling In Love, Philosophy, Single Mom

  Barbara Holland (1999). “Wasn't the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories”, Harcourt

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• The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.

  Mary McCarthy

  Friends, Believe, People

  Mary McCarthy (1981). “The hounds of summer and other stories: Mary McCarthy's short fiction”

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• Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.

  Edith Hamilton

  Results, Wells, Gaining Knowledge

  Edith Hamilton (1936). “The prophets of Israel”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel.

  Jane Smiley

  Writing, Desire, Novel

  Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.29, Anchor

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• Suffering is not a prerequisite for happiness.

  Judy Tatelbaum

  Wisdom, Fun, Suffering

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• The fight against syphilis demands a fight against prostitution, against prejudices, old habits, against previous conceptions, general views among them not least the false prudery of certain circles. The first prerequisite for even the moral right to combat these things is the facilitation of earlier marriage for the coming generation.

  Adolf Hitler

  Religious, Fighting, Views

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.

  David Bayles

  Tolerance, Succeed, Uncertainty

  David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.21, Image Continuum Press

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• Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.

  Andy Stanley

  Jesus, Doe, Following

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• The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.

  Timothy Keller

  Grace, Receiving, Needs

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.17, Penguin

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• Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Character, Foundation, Virtue

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate to the prerequisites of the mathematical way of thinking.

  Max Bill

  Thinking, Train Of Thought, Ideas

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• I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all.

  Jerry Doyle

  Wall, Growing Up, Flying

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• Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Soul, Three, Genius

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• For the first time in human history the psychology that is a prerequisite for intimacy has become the psychology that is a prerequisite for species survival.

  Warren Farrell

  Psychology, Survival, Firsts

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Honesty, Truth, Men

  Theodore Roosevelt (1901). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”

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• There never has been devised, and there never will be devised, any law which will enable a man to succeed save by the exercise of those qualities which have always been the prerequisites of success - the qualities of hard work, of keen intelligence, of unflinching will.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Hard Work, Exercise, Men

  Theodore Roosevelt (2016). “Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom”, p.69, Chartwell

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• Storm is prerequisite to mental gain

  Eyedea

  Storm, Gains

  Song: Liquid Sovereignty

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• If you have ambitions to go beyond your dreams, you should not seek to copy others' styles, but rather aim to acquire the fundamentals of the timeless principles of academic school, which is a prerequisite for the development of your Uniqueness as an Artist.

  Igor Babailov

  Dream, Ambition, School

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• The music that inspires the souls of lovers exists within themselves and the private universe they occupy. They share it with each other; they do not share it with the tribe or with society. The courage to hear that music and to honor it is one of the prerequisites of romantic love.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Love, Inspire, Soul

  Nathaniel Branden (1985). “Psychology of romantic love”, Bantam

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• Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival. Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Appreciation, Acceptance, Appreciate

  "Who Is Man?". Book by Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1965.

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