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Edmund Burke Quotes

Edmund Burke quotes about mindfulness

Irish Statesman January 12, 1729 – July 9, 1797

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To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government; that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind. Edmund Burke
Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain, and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime; that is, it is productive of the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of feeling .... When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and [yet] with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every... Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a..."
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of..."
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human..."
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of..."
No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "Facts are to the mind what food is to the body."
Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "The march of the human mind is slow."
The march of the human mind is slow. Edmund Burke
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak..."
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke quote: "Superstition is the religion of feeble minds."
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. Edmund Burke

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