For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot readily excite or compound them, will have little matter to think on.
Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.
What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.
We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.
What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.
To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.
Children who were very truly pious in a Catholic childhood are apt to retain a nostalgia for the absolute.
The only way to retain love is to give it away.
It is by avoiding future sin that we retain a remission of the sins of the past.
Unless you have a great deal of purity, it's difficult to retain the higher light.
I retain the opinion that council entry is inconsistent with non-co-operation as I conceive it.
I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.
I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.
If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.
"Sweep me up and send me where you please. " For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as it can feel and act in harmony with its own nature. Is a change of place enough reason for my soul to become unhappy and worn, for me to become depressed, humbled, cowering, and afraid? Can you discover any reasons for this?
You retain your health only so long as you are willing.
The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems to be the truth.
A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while; so a truth which is the subject of meditation.
Childishness? I think it's the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor. I mean, yes there's a certain something that you retain. It's the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can't laugh at others.