Of my conception I know only what you know of yours. It occurred in darkness and I was unconsenting... By some bleak… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Time allows change to take place and the very evolution of the universe is what requires some conception of time. Mathematically can… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions-each branch of our knowledge-passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological,… — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
About 1911 I had the idea of making for my son, who had just been born, a blanket composed of bits of… — Sonia Delaunay Copy Share Image
The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
One has to recognize that science is not metaphysics, and certainly not mysticism; it can never bring us the illumination and the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When the great religious and philosophical conceptions were alive, thinking people did not extol humility and brotherly love, justice and humanity because… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
What a conception of art must those theorists have who exclude portraits from the proper province of the fine arts! It is… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
In reviewing the most mysterious doctrines of revelation, the ultimate appeal is to reason, not to determine whether she could have discovered… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
The problem is one of opposition between subjective and objective points of view. There is a tendency to seek an objective account… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
We know what willpower is, but by some misguided conception, many of us believe we have to be a certain type of… — Rosemary Altea Copy Share Image
My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that love is a feeling or anything of the kind is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is not a profession to be a pianist and musician. It is a philosophy, a conception of life that cannot be… — Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Copy Share Image
Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
...Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
The conception of the necessary unit of all that is resolves itself into the poverty of the imagination, and a freer logic… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...I never tried to imitate anybody, but when you love somebody's… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
The influence of modern physics goes beyond technology. It extends to the realm of thought and culture where it has led to… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
