Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
[The sceptic] must acknowledge, if he will acknowledge any thing, that all human life must perish, were his principles to prevail.All discourse,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
To say that Nature displays intelligence doesn't make you a Christian fundamentalist. Einstein said as much, and a fascinating theory called the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle that a man's home is his castle.… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
To carry the spirit of peace into war is a weak and cruel policy. When an extreme case calls for that remedy… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your… — Mary Rodgers Copy Share Image
It is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each faithfully adheres… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men,… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Our system presumes that there are certain principles that are more important than the temper of the times. And you must have… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
What passes for education, culture or maturity in most minds is merely how individuals want to think of themselves, a contrived egocentric… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The mathematician is entirely free, within the limits of his imagination, to construct what worlds he pleases. What he is to imagine… — J. W. N. Sullivan Copy Share Image
It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
While science continually uncovers new mysteries, it has removed much of what was once regarded as deeply mysterious. Although we certainly do… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The states of consciousness are all that psychology needs to do her work with. Metaphysics or theology may prove the Soul to… — William James Copy Share Image
Business can constitute an enormous force for goodness in society. Through its commitments to corporate citizenship and to the principles of the… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Copy Share Image
Your principle should be to see everything and say nothing. The world changes so rapidly that if you want to get on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
“There are ultimately only two possible adjustments in life: one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all… — Henry Thomas Hamblin Copy Share Image
The one thing the media abhors almost without exception is anyone who takes a firm stand on any issue out of religious… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
We're seeing that God's word and His principles do work. They may not work overnight but they are powerful and when we… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
Modern science and technology can relieve men of the necessity for specialized, imbecile labor. They may, in principle, provide the basis for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well as fixed principles. It is an attentive inquiry into their… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
There are two principles for creative success - one general and one definitive. The general principle is that everyone has the ability… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
Establish that a Government may decline a provision for its debts, though able to make it, and you overthrow all public morality,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you just fight against everything willy-nilly, then the message is you're just gonna obstruct on anything. I would rather fight very,… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image