The pragmatist turns away from abstraction and insufficiency, from verbal solutions, from bad a priori reasons, from fixed principles, closed systems, and… — William James Copy Share Image
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Truth is cosmically total: synergetic. Verities are generalized principles stated in semimetaphorical terms. Verities are differentiable. But love is omniembracing, omnicoherent, and… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary… — Trofim Lysenko Copy Share Image
The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Gradually the conviction gained recognition that all knowledge about things is exclusively a working-over of the raw material furnished by the senses.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the way of amelioration of the conditions of life, of politics, of social and ethical matters, that may… — George Arthur French Copy Share Image
Organized religion is in substance a mystification, a means of hiding the wickedness of the social system. If the Christian principles of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Curiosity and listening [are the principles to an excellent interview]. I never go into an interview with a dedicated list of questions… — Michael Kay Copy Share Image
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Heisenberg principle - If something is closely observed, the odds are it is going to be altered in the process. The… — Bruce Kovner Copy Share Image
At the same time the Muslims are commanded to exercise self-restraint as much as possible. Force is a dangerous weapon. It may… — Abdullah Yusuf Ali Copy Share Image
Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love everybody and… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
I tell people this over and over again: don't attach your faith to people. People will come and go. People will disappoint… — Omar Suleiman Copy Share Image
I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“When I am Weaker Thn You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. And… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What I am teaching is religiousness, a quality. Religion is a dead dogma, fixed principles, frozen fossils. What I am teaching to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I've been saying for the last nine years, our power comes as much from - our respect in the world comes as… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Everything in the phenomenal universe is straight line and circle. The horizon, our heads, arms, electrons, the oceans, planets and stars. Their… — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
Yes, I'll stand up to the party if they're wrong and they aren't going the right way for people in Pennsylvania. But… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional…All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
The entire Nazi war machine was only possible because of past, present and future violations of the non aggression principle (achievable only… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I thought if I could do stand-up comedy well enough, I could parlay it back into films - like Charlie Chaplin and… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The study of art is a lifetime matter. The best any artist can do is to accumulate all the knowledge possible of… — Edgar Alwin Payne Copy Share Image
It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
If you have ambitions to go beyond your dreams, you should not seek to copy others' styles, but rather aim to acquire… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
We have seen that this great labor question cannot be solved save by assuming as a principle that private ownership must be… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is not to say that everything is fine and a positive attitude is all you need. But I share about values… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
One of the guiding principles of Altuzarra is that fashion can be transformative, changing not just the way you look, but also… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image