The empiric easily degenerates into the quack. He does not know where his knowledge begins or leaves off, and so when he… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Neoliberalization has not been very effective in revitalizing global capital accumulation, but it has succeeded remarkably well in restoring, or in some… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Then, at the end of every hand, Miss Bolo would inquire with a dismal countenance and reproachful sigh, why Mr. Pickwick had… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
At the heart of the Protestant faith is the conviction that there is nothing we contribute to our salvation but our sin,… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“The author compares the struggles of Martin Luther with the prevailing doctrine that a little genuine effort on our part results in… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Ultimately, suffering is always political with all kinds of justifications - there are those who justify Israel's occupation of land as being… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If you pass life by it's jolly well going to pass you by in the future. If you're frightened it's all right--that's… — EM Forster Copy Share Image
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“We cry down the law in respect of justification, but we set it up as a rule of sanctification. The law sends… — Samuel Bolton Copy Share Image
Justification and sanctification are both God's work, and while they can and must be distinguished, the Bible won't let us separate them.… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
[Marx's theories] gave me a political and intellectual justification for what I believed in a way that nothing else did. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Never believe in what someone tells you, until their actions justify their words. — Lucas Hunter Copy Share Image
When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Terror breeds terror. I am completely opposed to both state terror and those who respond in a similar way. There is no… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
As soon as science has emerged from its initial stages, theoretical advances are no longer achieved merely by a process of arrangement.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
Literature is an aspect of story and story is all that exists to make sense of reality. War is a story. Now… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image