If this "critical openminded attitude" ... is wanted, the question at once arises, Is it science that should be studied in order… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
Yes, what we are doing is probably mad, and probably it is good and necessary all the same. It is not a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Yet in a society of conflicting interests the only democratic way in which matters can be improved is through politics, and politics… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
"There is one basis of science," says Descartes, "one test and rule of truth, namely, that whatever is clearly and distinctly conceived… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view… — Brooke Westcott Copy Share Image
Most people's lives are run by desire and fear. Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Freedom of Will-that is the expression for the complex state of delight of the person exercising volition, who commands and at the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It's our own throat that we are cutting in the end along with everyone else's. We need to be exercising precisely the… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
There is music wherever there is harmony, order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres; for… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Anarchism is a definite intellectual current in the life of our times, whose adherents advocate the abolition of economic monopolies and of… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The pirates are serving a purpose right now. They come from regions which have been completely ignored, and Westerners have tried to… — K'naan Copy Share Image
In order to always treat others, as we would wish to be treated ourselves, we have to learn about each other. Not… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Everybody I've ever met was destroyed by a member of the opposite sex early on and that damage you took into every… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Here again, there is no tabulation; for us it is left to sacrifice literary charm, and even some accuracy, in order to… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
If any refuse to obey the common laws and orders of the ship concerning their common peace or preservation; if any shall… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
...I might continue to believe that there is no god even if it were proved that there is. A religious friend of… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Sendak's 1963 classic 'Where The Wild Things Are' has long been a favorite of mine because of the creative imagery, fantastic adventures… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
The word sacred comes from sacrifice, to cut up. That means that in order to have a sacred journey, you have to… — Anthony Lawlor Copy Share Image
My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as you've finished cooking breakfast and cleaning… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're… — Philip Hammond Copy Share Image
How many have gone? How many more to go? The Admiralty is fast asleep and lethargy & inertia are the order of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The existing and long-standing use of the word 'evolution' in our state's textbooks has not adversely affected Georgians' belief in the omnipotence… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
A Heavenly Master governs all the world as Sovereign of the universe. We are astonished at Him by reason of His perfection,… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
It’s a very American illness, the idea of giving yourself away entirely to the idea of working in order to achieve some… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I believe in the supreme excellence of righteousness; I believe that the law of righteousness will triumph in the universe over all… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The idea of suicide, understandable as it is, does not seem commendable to me. We live in order to gain the greatest… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We do not need to minimize the poverty of the ghetto or the suffering inflicted by whites on blacks in order to… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The idea is the least labor and capital and resources you put together and the more you accumulate the better capitalist you… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Russia had to take the necessary measures in order to prevent the situation in Crimea unfolding the way it is now unfolding… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In heaven there is laid up a pattern which he who chooses may behold, and beholding, set his own house in order.… — Plato Copy Share Image
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply,… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I have an oscillating fan at my house. It goes back and forth. It looks like the fan is saying "no." So… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn't complicated. 'I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.' We complicate what… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
At first we feel called by God and attracted by him. We grow in our vocation and get the impression that God… — Notker Wolf Copy Share Image
Going back to school is like going back in time. Immediately, for better or for worse, you must give up a little… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
