The importance of Plotinus is not only his own philosophical ideas which are quite interesting, but his historical impact as the founder… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“She wondered how a man could look into a woman’s eyes and lie so completely, so convincingly. She wondered how he could… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
I think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
Christopher Hitchens was a writer and an orator with a matchless style, commanding a vocabulary and a range of literary and historical… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer… — Brian Ferneyhough Copy Share Image
If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I think the evidence is just so overwhelming that Jesus existed, that it's silly to talk about him not existing. I don't… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
Proficiency in art is a contract with your self and the empowerment of your self. Not all of us demand or even… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
“He knew what he had found here, a precious treasure that had remained hidden away for so long. To the right man,… — Shane K.P. O'Neill Copy Share Image
Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy… — Paul Rotha Copy Share Image
Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Whether we consciously realize it or not, the biodiversity with which we are most familiar, and the biodiversity with which we have… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
The Thames Torso murders almost fell into my lap. After deciding to use a real historical crime as the focus for the… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
That's partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
With a historical setting, I worry about accuracy at every turn... With a created world, I have to worry about all of… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
To sing about freedom and to pray for its coming is not enough. Freedom must be actualized in history by oppressed peoples… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
Not only the studying and writing of history but also the honoring of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
Everything has its place and time. We men of the nineteen-forties can smile at the mistakes of the nineteen-thirties, and, in turn,… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
What exhibit buildings God will have! The historical exhibits, the scientific exhibits, the spiritual exhibits, to be able to see the marvelous… — David Berg Copy Share Image
The natural/supernatural distinction itself, and the near-equation of 'supernatural' with 'superstition', are scarecrows that Enlightenment thought has erected in its fields to… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“As yesterday and the historical ages are past, as the work of today is present, so some flitting perspectives and demi-experiences of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
This is the moment when something once more begins visibly to happen, something truly new and unique...something truly historical, in the sense… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The people themselves are not a homogeneous cultural collectivity but present numerous and variously combined cultural stratifications which, in their pure form,… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with… — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
If you're playing a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has not gone to historical black colleges - Hillary Clinton. He's not met with the mothers of children who have… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
Of course Overlord did not fail. How could it? With some many fine young men and women from all corners of the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
