“A few individuals, by extraordinary genius, or by the accidental acquisition of a good set of intellectual habits, may work without principles… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I teach contentment. And the basic principle of contentment is to drop your ego. Don't think for a single moment, "To be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
From the accession of Henry the Seventh to the breaking out of the civil wars, England enjoyed much greater exemption from war,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
In a capitalist system, there's a principle that if you invest, especially in a long-term risky investment, if something comes out of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Some of the core principles of President Trump are very similar to those of Ronald Reagan. When you look at peace through… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is impossible to estimate full influence of the reading of the Word in a home day after day and year after… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Prana, according to the Vedanta, is the principle of life. It is like ether, an omnipresent principle; and all motion, either in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Not possessing definite geographical boundaries, at least in the East - its distinction from Asia is problematic, considering that two large countries,… — Roberto Esposito Copy Share Image
“When the superior man has free course with his principles, that is what we call his success; when such course is denied,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Still more pathetic is the total collapse of moral fanaticism. Fanatics think that their single-minded principles qualify them to do battle with… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Some physicists solve that problem of the necessity of finely tuned physical constants ... by invoking the anthropic principle, saying, well, here… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The constant exercise of our faith by lofty thinking, prayer, devotion, and acts of righteousness is just as essential to spiritual health… — O. Leslie Stone Copy Share Image
Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
In an information economy, entrepreneurs master the science of information in order to overcome the laws of the purely physical sciences. They… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the structure of the universe, has invited man to study and to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The real essence, the internal qualities, and constitution of even the meanest object, is hid from our view; something there is inevery… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
If history could prove and teach us anything, it would be the private ownership of the means of production as a necessary… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Why should I give up revenge? On behalf of what? Moral principles? And what of the higher order of things, in which… — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Motives are symptoms of weakness, and supplements for the deficient energy of the living principle, the law within us. Let them then… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive,… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
In the past six months, our federal government has devised a dozen strategies to save America's financial markets. Each plan has been… — Michael Enzi Copy Share Image
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
India continues to be guided by the principles of being non-interfering, non-prescriptive, and non-judgemental. In other words, India remains ready to provide… — Sushma Swaraj Copy Share Image
Don't ever quit. Never quit. Never show anybody you're hurt. Grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It will drive them up… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins is an essential covenant to make with the Lord. Faith and repentance precede this… — A. Theodore Tuttle Copy Share Image
The chaste severity of the fathers in whatever related to the commerce of the two sexes flowed from the same principle --… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is a religious principle: Love thy neighbour as thyself. But it's also an economic asset. If you've got a neighbour, you've… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
A real subjection is born mechanically from a fictitious relation [...] He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The crime of liberation theology was that it takes the Gospels seriously. That's unacceptable. The Gospels are radical pacifist material, if you… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image