Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of…

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

— Karl Kraus

Further strengthenings of the self-centered instinct for survival recruit even greater numbers of people into some sort of ring of fellowship (church or gender,…

— Lewis H. Lapham

“Religions, creeds, drama, poetry, games, folklore, folk tales, mythology, moral and aesthetic codes' elements of the political and juridical life affirming a personality's value…

— Alija Izetbegović

A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and argue in…

— David

After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into reactor-grade materials.…

— Susan Eisenhower

Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty [with Japan] should be rooted in this trust. This may be achieved, for…

— Vladimir Putin

History and war are cruel pedants. Those who know too little of the former are likely to have too much of the latter.

— Oliver North

The more civilized a nation, the more conformed its population, until that civilization's last age arrives, when multiplicity wages war with conformity. The former…

— Steven Erikson

Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter…

— Thomas Paine

Do not confuse fantasy with imagination; the former consumes itself in daydreaming, the latter stimulates creativity in the arts and in the sciences.

— Fausto Cercignani

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.

— Samuel Richardson

I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.

— Baruch Spinoza

There are certainly people who regard √2 as something perfectly obvious but jib at √-1. This is because they think they can visualise the…

— Edward Charles Titchmarsh

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor…

— Brennan Manning

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe