One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering. — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is the science of first principles, those which before being considered empirically or formally, are uncertain” — Frederico Rochaferreira Copy Share Image
“The emperor counsels simplicity. First principles. Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Biology has tended to be an observational science, and deriving things from first principles has not been possible in the past, but… — Jeremiah P. Ostriker Copy Share Image
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the… — Sallust Copy Share Image
“No gleam of reason, no momentary return to first principles, no abstract asking of any obvious question, can interrupt this mad and… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly… — Erez Lieberman Aiden Copy Share Image
Then let every one of us, being warned by this sentence of the angel, acknowledge that he as yet cleaves to first… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do this by… — Blake Masters Copy Share Image
Whenever there has been a debate on the national stage, nobody has had to go looking to find me. I've been there.… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
I think that Apple has revolutionized every other consumer industry; why not television? The complexity of the experience of using the television… — John Sculley Copy Share Image
Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
“You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Philosophers can never hope finally to formulate these metaphysical first principles. Weakness of insight and deficiencies of language stand in the way… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly, but take every building to pieces, and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
“Most philosophers do not want intellectual matters to reduce to a question of morality (obedience or rebellion to God's Word). They want… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“[...] One chief difference between the medieval "scientist" and the scientist of to-day[1948] lies in the nature of the first principles accepted… — Leon Roth Copy Share Image
“The Tao, which others may call Natural Law or Traditional Morality or the First Principles of Practical Reason or the First Platitudes,… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Derrida… labels as ‘metaphysical’ any such thought system which depends on an unassailable foundation, a first principle or unimpeachable ground upon which… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“I believe this movement will prevail. I don’t mean it will defeat, conquer, or create harm to someone else. Quite the opposite.… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
“Bertrand Russell: The expression “free thought” is often used as if it meant merely opposition to the prevailing orthodoxy. But this… — Jonathan M.S. Pearce Copy Share Image
“In this confusion we begin to see what lies behind John Paul II's startling warning about democracy "effectively mov[ing] towards a form… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
“If there are no self-evident first principles, as a foundation for reasoning to conclusions that are not immediately apparent, how can you… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“If Paul brought the first generation of Christians the useful skills of a trained theologian, Origen was the first great philosopher to… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
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