Profound meditation in solitude and silence frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone, fires the imagination, produces the most refined and… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man is appealed to be guided in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at best tribal, but… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Have you seen a symphony orchestra? There is a person at the back carrying a triangle. Now and again the conductor will… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No one must think that Newton’s great creation can be overthrown in any real sense by this [Theory of Relativity] or by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
For each of us has a perch on the tree. After we are gone, that perch is marked by a notch, permanent,… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I am pro-life, I believe human life begins at conception. I also believe that embryonic stem cell research should be encouraged and… — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
The more serious poetry of the race has a philosophical structure of thought. It contains beliefs and conceptions in regard to the… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
In our constant search for meaning in this baffling and temporary existence, trapped as we are within our three pounds of neurons,… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Brahman is beyond mind and speech, beyond concentration and meditation, beyond the knower, the known and knowledge, beyond even the conception of… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
I do read very, very quickly. I do process data very quickly. And so I write very quickly. And it is embarrassing… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
“The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.” — Ilyas Kassam Copy Share Image
The whole aspect of the universe changes with this new conception. The idea of force governing the world, of pre-established law, preconceived… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural… — U Thant Copy Share Image
Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
