Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior.... The mere fact that a school… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It would be impossible to accept naturalism itself if we really and consistently believed naturalism. For naturalism is a system of thought.… — C. S. Lewis 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
You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come &… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
People who don't have the interest or aptitude for serious college studies at age 18 may find that later in life they… — George Leef Copy Share Image
Hope, for the Christian, is not wishful thinking or mere blind optimism. It is a mode of knowing, a mode within which… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. — George Washington Copy Share Image
No language exists that cannot be misused... Every Interpretation is hypothetical, for it is a mere attempt to read an unfamiliar text. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but… — Hugh Black Copy Share Image
It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
But nothing is better than a truth which appears not to have the semblance of truth. There is always something incomprehensible about… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
The artist isn't particularly keen on getting a thing done, as you call it. He gets his pleasure out of doing it,… — William McFee Copy Share Image
The friendship of fine-hearted, generous boys, nurtured amid the romance-engendering comforts and elegancies of life, sometimes transcends the bounds of mere boyishness,… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
A couple in love walking along the banks of the Seine are, in real fact, a couple in love walking along the… — Stuart Kauffman Copy Share Image
Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
In the central cases of physical pain, then, it appears that at least part of what is bad about our condition is… — L. W. Sumner Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a mere set of opinions to be embraced by understanding. It is the work of the heart as well… — Henry Kirke White Copy Share Image
Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy; rather it is a concrete expression of charity, a theological virtue that demands… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
But perhaps my art is the art of a lunatic, I thought, mere glittering quicksilver, a blue soul breaking in upon my… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes. — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
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