He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We start out postulating sharp boundaries, such as between humans and apes, or between apes and monkeys, but are in fact dealing… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The mind is the seat of perception of the things we see, hear, and feel. It is through the mind that we… — Charles Fillmore Copy Share Image
We aren't natural statisticians. What we are is natural storytelling machines. And so what we do after we have the facts in… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
This is the way of meditation: encountering the present in all its tremendous beauty, just being in the present. Inside, the mind… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I think that every band is different, and in fact that's one of the biggest problems with the old-school music industry is… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
"Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In other words, the propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
Saudi Arabian oil production is at or very near its peak sustainable volume (if it did not, in fact peak almost 25… — Matthew Simmons Copy Share Image
Man is saved by love and duty, and by the hope that springs from duty, or rather from the moral facts of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
It is obvious we are fighting for the Air France Group. . . . But in actual fact, we are also fighting for France. — Christian Blanc Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the people with the worst past can create the best future. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Science is the knowledge of constant things, not merely of passing events, and is properly less the knowledge of general laws than… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself… — Paul Mellon Copy Share Image
A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Do not think the world will become better in terms of our own inner change. We should rather think we'll achieve this… — Francisco Leon Copy Share Image
The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The winners in life are not those who have never tasted failure, but those who have failed again and again but never… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Jnana yoga is a very demanding practice. It's necessary for you to become conscious of the fact that you're not human. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
We don't have a caucus, because we differ on so many views. Some of us are pro-choice, some are not. We'll take… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
It would be helpful if the universe would give us one big clue, or a giant compass, if you will, pointing to… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker. — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
...If at moments the facts seem to alter with an altered voice, why then you can choose the fact you like best;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The poor and the low have their way of expressing the last facts of philosophy as well as you. "Blessed be nothing,"… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The fact is that philosophy has been a decisive source of inspiration in all the great crises that Europe has faced. It… — Roberto Esposito Copy Share Image
The fanatical Communist refuses to believe any unfavorable report or evidence about Russia, nor will he be disillusioned by seeing with his… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“When pondering who I am, I write the fiction that I want directly over the facts that I hate. However, what I’ve… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
It's not true that you should first think up an idea for a better world and only then "put it into practice,"… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
