A symbol is indeed the only possible expression of some invisible essence, a transparent lamp about a spiritual flame; while allegory is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
It is often lamented by the churchmen that Washington and Lincoln possessed little religion except that found in the word 'God.' All… — David Swing Copy Share Image
If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given'… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In the wildest anarchy of man's insurgent appetites and sins there is still a reclaiming voice,--a voice which, even when in practice… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
I think we have got to start again and go right back to first principles. The argument I shall advance, surprising as… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If my relation to each and every peasant in Cambodia is indeed exactly what the principles of morality would demand it to… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest manly principle will daily accumulate. We are… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Coercive measures may have a restraining effect for a time, but can never subdue an untractable spirit: it is only by engaging… — Mary Hays Copy Share Image
Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No,… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
God has given us a revelation in regard to celestial marriage. I did not make it. He has told us certain things… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Thus you see, most noble Sir, how this type of solution to the Königsberg bridge problem bears little relationship to mathematics, and… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
Facts are certainly the solid and true foundation of all sectors of nature study ... Reasoning must never find itself contradicting definite… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Principles of War Objective: Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective. Offensive: Seize, retain, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do go against my leadership all the time because I stand firm on the four questions that I ask about all… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Science, unguided by a higher abstract principle, freely hands over its secrets to a vastly developed and commercially inspired technology, and the… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
There was a conservative consensus for an amendment I put forward called Trust, But Verify that would have strengthened border security on… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The principle of Creative Limitations calls for freedom within a circle of obstacles and restricted boundaries. Talent is like a muscle: without… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are… — Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Copy Share Image
By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
... fain would I turn back the clock and devote to French or some other language the hours I spent upon algebra,… — Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Copy Share Image
One of the signs of the imminent Apocalypse is the "bitterness of all waters," and anyone traveling through eastern Europe, the former… — Marq de Villiers Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Tools arm the man. One can well say that man is capable of bringing forth a world; he lacks only the necessary… — Novalis Copy Share Image
This is not going away. At this point of unimaginable threats on the horizon, this is what hope looks like. In these… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. It's wrong to say "everybody," but… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage… — Adolph Rupp Copy Share Image
We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The internal processes of muscle growth are seriously complicated, people devote their lives to it, but the external processes that kick it… — Daniel Roberts Copy Share Image
