It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If a man's aspirations towards a righteous life are serious.. .if he earnestly and sincerely seeks a righteous life, his first act… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
LOVE is essentially self-communicative: those who do not have it catch it from those who have it.... No amount of rites, rituals,… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!"… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
Media mystifications should not obfuscate a simple, perceivable fact; Black teenage girls do not create poverty by having babies. Quite the contrary,… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
We are neither obstinately nor wilfully to oppose evils, nor truckle under them for want of courage, but that we are naturally… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There is not a single rule, however plausible, and however firmly grounded in epistemology, that is not violated at some time or… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
The State is not the nation, and the State can be modified and even abolished in its present form, without harming the… — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is… — Douglas Hofstadter 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
The sovereignty of the States is the language of the Confederacy and not the language of the Constitution. The latter contains the… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When the contrary magnetic poles were on the same side, there was an effect produced on the polarized ray, and thus magnetic… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never – since the objective is not to close a cycle,… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
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