The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
The very idea that there is some kind of conflict between science and religion is completely mistaken. Science is a method for… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Even though I teach with 35mm, my method takes people by surprise, because it isn't fast, and it isn't about hardware or… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
An educational method that shall have liberty as its basis must intervene to help the child to a conquest of liberty. That… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Take the ideas of the masses and concentrate them, then go to the masses, persevere in the ideas and carry them through,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The high priests and priestesses taught the children the secret meditation techniques, along with methods and ways of living that would increase… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect. A man does not see, that, as he eats, so he thinks: as he deals,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When we pray for any virtue, we should cultivate the virtue as well as pray for it; the form of your prayer… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
The population explosion is an ecological phenomenon of displacement. Unless we solve that ecological problem of displacing people - to build huge… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The three branches of somaesthetics: the analytic study of the body's role in perception, experience, and action and thus in our mental,… — Richard Shusterman Copy Share Image
What is most disturbing today is that we use rational methods to cultivate the tastes and values of the young in all… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
The true man of science will know nature better by his finer organization; he will smell, taste, see, hear, feel, better than… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A great part of its theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
To remain attached to the temporal, to the changing is to remain within the world of misery because the temporal will be… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Leo Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It turns out that the 'Cry It Out' method of baby sleep training, where you ignore that your kid is screaming, crying… — Denene Millner Copy Share Image
Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; its a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave… — Charles Ruff Copy Share Image
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
But it is a fallacy, if one is examining the methods by which security can be attained, to start upon the assumption,… — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
If you were really interested in being creative in teaching, it was possible to try new methods and that was really what… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
As a heavy rainstorm freshens the water of a sluggish or stagnant stream and whips it into immediate action, so does the… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
The meaning of the presupposition is the method of verification… we know the meaning of the statement if we know the conditions… — Moritz Schlick Copy Share Image
Absolute, unquestioning faith in God is the greatest method of instantaneous healing. An unceasing effort to arouse that faith is man's highest… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment...… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The planes of light exist. Yoga is a method of unifying the energies of the body, the mind, and the spirit and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
As a nation, this is the moment to start seriously investing our time, energy and resources into proven methods of reducing violence,… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Those who practice the Spiritual Exercises of Eck will know how to lead by the example… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
I don't want to seem always to be criticizing your methods of voice production, Jeeves, I said, but I must inform you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I once heard someone say morality was method. Do you hold with that? I suppose you wouldn't. You would say that morality… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
This is not a dictatorship, this is based upon scientific evidence to support a given project. If you want to put up… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is… — Austin Farrer Copy Share Image
A historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Carl Friedrich Gauss, often rated the greatest mathematician of all time, played the market. On a salary of 1,000 thalers a year,… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
![“The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.” quote by Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7d2/herbert-hoover-1115_ancient_the-ancient-bitter-opposition-to-improve_1961633.jpg)
