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Imagination, on the contrary, which is ever wandering beyond the bounds of truth, joined to self-love and that self-confidence we are so… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him;… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
If you must believe in anything, believe in yourselves, in your senses, in your minds. To accept a religious creed is to… — Marilla Ricker Copy Share Image
The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I've been criticized by many anarchists as believing that anarchism is impossible without affluence. On the contrary, I think affluence is very… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Has it been found that bodies of men act with more rectitude or greater disinterestedness than individuals? The contrary of this has… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
The so-called Transcendentalists are not the only people who deal in Transcendentals. On the contrary, we seem to see that the Utilitarians,--the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The strong appearance of design [in nature] allows a disarmingly simple argument: if it looks, walks and quacks like a duck, then,… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
Wealth is attended with power, by which bargains and proceedings, contrary to universal righteousness, are supported; and hence oppression, carried on with… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
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Newton was a genius, but not because of the superior computational power of his brain. Newton's genius was, on the contrary, his… — Gerald Weinberg Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity.… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical progress as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. We call intuition here… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
But some most worthless persons are in the habit of carrying about the name of Jesus Christ in wicked guile, while yet… — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, every… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
A program of "disarmament," while imperialist antagonisms survive, is the most pernicious of fictions. Even if it were realized by way of… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
One of my top tips for aspiring entrepreneurs: Tell everyone you know about your idea. This runs contrary to the instinct that… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey,… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Our … reduceth to a single origin and relateth to a single , and maketh contraries to coincide so that there is… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on… — Charles Dunoyer Copy Share Image
The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The semanticists are exactly wrong in regarding language as an obstruction or series of pitfalls. Language, on the contrary, appears as a… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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