...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The intellect searches out the Absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God, and without the colors of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is absolutely nothing in the Mormon's religion inconsistent with the most patriotic devotion to the government of the United States. Revelation… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I was taken to an examining room where a big butch nurse practitioner came in and asked me if I was pregnant.… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Certainly I was a very religious child, a deeply weird and very emotional child, an only child with lots of imaginary friends… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
The right kind of practice is not a matter of hours. Practice should represent the utmost concentration of brain. It is better… — Leopold Auer Copy Share Image
Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power"… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold,… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led… — Helmuth James Graf von Moltke Copy Share Image
We all must be mindful that the United States has diplomatic, civilian, and military personnel deployed in other countries with both challenging… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Religious people should be very active if they believe that the world belongs to God, and politics is a very important part… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Buddhism is the most active one! The whole time, we're dealing with the mind and how to tame it, and how to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
If, on the other hand, we wish to describe a particular phenomenon without repressing our direct experience, then we cannot avoid speaking… — David Abram Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate… — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
The United States are such a large place. And there are some states and some cities where the questions of gender or… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
There is, I think, no point in the philosophy of progressive education which is sounder than its emphasis upon the importance of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Living apart and at peace with myself,I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Bohr’s standpoint, that a space-time description is impossible, I reject a limine. Physics does not consist only of atomic research, science does… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than politicians… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its… — Richard Courant Copy Share Image
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. That is a… — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
My view is different from this, only to the extent that if a decision is taken, by the parents and doctors, that… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The switch that I'd like to throw on is the one that says, "Look, you're a human being whose mind is every… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and… — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In war, in some sense, lies the very genius of law. It is law creative and active; it is the first principle… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The first instrument I had was made in the late '70s. Back then they had basically one tuning. I shifted slightly away… — Greg Howard Copy Share Image
Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is… — Sachin Tendulkar Copy Share Image
I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
He [the "specialist"] is one who, out of all that has to be known in order to be a man of judgment,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
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