Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past. — Jean-Henri Fabre Copy Share Image
Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Once two persons are tied together freedom is lost and anger arises. When freedom is lost everything becomes ugly. Love means that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Apart from the hostile influence of man, the organic and the inorganic world are ... bound together by such mutual relations and… — George Perkins Marsh Copy Share Image
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature. We are not built like… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My belief in the growth and permanence of democracy is undimmed. I know that the people will cast off the new dictatorship… — Sylvia Pankhurst Copy Share Image
It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Not only does social life demand teaching and learning for its own permanence, but the very process of living together educates. It… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
The first human beings to land on Mars should not come back to Earth. They should be the beginning of a build-up… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A special form of misery had begun to oppress him of late. There was nothing poignant, nothing acute about it; but there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man's life is always dealing with permanence, that is the most dangerous kind of irresponsibility is to think of your doings… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I'm really glad I did not tattoo on my body 'cause I don't want them. So, permanence is a very scary thing… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
In coming to an appreciation of the Mormon Church, one of the things that has been most compelling to me is the… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Everything is in a process of change, nothing endures; we do not seek permanence. — Masatoshi Naito Copy Share Image
