Religion idolizes concepts and avoids personal experience.

Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities…

— Amartya Sen

Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the…

— Roger Bannister

What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into…

— Anton Webern

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if…

— Robert Greene

I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun…

— James Mercer

You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a…

— Albert Einstein

For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts…

— Freeman Dyson

One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you…

— Norman Vincent Peale

All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts.

— Carl Schmitt

If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice…

— Timothy Keller

So many times we come to Jesus in worship and ask Him for things that He already IS and has already done... What a…

— Christy Nockels

I don't think in national categories. For me it [policy] is about concepts and substance.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

In the very beginning, Yelp started as a service where we really didn't think people would write reviews for fun. The whole concept of…

— Jeremy Stoppelman

To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer