Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others’ interests into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The creative instinct has always been a stronger motive than mere profit to do truly new and revolutionary things. — Phil Karn Copy Share Image
He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken… — Ardant du Picq Copy Share Image
When the Soul that is sprung from God's Word and Will is entered into its own desire to will of itself, it… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
There is a quality of life which lies always beyond the mere fact of life; and when we include the quality in… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
When people insist, as so many of them do, that of course we'll overcome the limits to growth and every other obstacle… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
The more imagination the reader has ... the more he will do for himself. He will, at a mere hint from the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
A new question for the psychotherapist to ask is whether a theory can go beyond mere effectiveness in achieving either a so-called… — Erving Polster Copy Share Image
The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Feelings come and feelings go. There is no need to fear them and no need to crave them. Be open to your… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
Ever heard of anyone executed for distributing copies of Grimm's fairy tales? Imagine people trying to smuggle copies of Hans Christian Andersen's… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
... so large a portion of those who hold much capital, instead of using their various advantages for the greatest good of… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The thing that distinguishes social systems from physical or even biological systems is their incomparable (and embarrassing) richness in special cases. Generalizations… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
There are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs.First,use of these drugs may be dangerous.Howev er,every worth-while exploration is dangerous-climb ing… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Every philosophy is complete in itself and, like a genuine work of art, contains the totality. Just as the works of Apelles… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
I really see no harm which can come of giving our children a little knowledge of physiology. ... The instruction must be… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers - those people ride a… — Wolfgang Sachs Copy Share Image
There are absolute atheists ... Absolute atheism is in no way a mere absence of belief in God. It is rather a… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Do you think that it is possible to have a mere taste of commonness? Either one hates it or makes common cause… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Inner disarmament, external disarmament; these must go together, you see. Peace is not just mere absence of violence - genuine peace must… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances. — Michel Quoist Copy Share Image
We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I'd say that our work is a mere representation of who we… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A mere 7% of employees today fully understand their company's business strategies and what's expected of them in order to help achieve… — Robert S. Kaplan Copy Share Image
In any case it is not normal to put into the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
It is therefore not true that the mere existence of the Soviet Union is capable of assuring the victory of the revolution… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and not a supernatural, divine revelation, how is it that it has wrought such… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
