If by the expression "not practical" you mean "not easy," you are right. Definitely it is not easy. Yet it should be… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
"Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Qur'an I find those… — Sarojini Naidu Copy Share Image
On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
One of the great triumphs of the nineteenth century was to limit the connotation of the word "immoral" in such a way… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I am not a sentimental or superstitious person, so I don't have any pre-performance rituals. I am a very practical woman. After… — Vaginal Davis Copy Share Image
Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to… — William James Copy Share Image
When the most abstract and "useless" disciplines have been cultivated for a time, they are often seized upon as practical tools by… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
There are certain conceptual powers in this project, like the relationship of glass to sand, and the idea of putting glass back… — Tavares Strachan Copy Share Image
The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For...… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation,… — Jennifer Dunn Copy Share Image
Of course, this has its good side as well as its bad one. As we become permanent drunkards by so may separate… — William James Copy Share Image
If you want to give a man something practical, consider tires. More than once, I would have gladly traded all the gifts… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The delight of the Torah is ignited by an inner awareness. A man begins to sense the great tapestry of each letter… — Abraham Isaac Kook Copy Share Image
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I dreamed horse and lived horse and expected, if necessary, to marry a horse; for all practical purposes I was a horse. — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. The main difference is that… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Thus not only the mental and the material, but the theoretical and the practical in the mathematical world, are brought into more… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
...The very word 'fiction' implies another world, literally a different place, whereas no one claims that a dedicated sportsman is escaping his… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
