The 'deep' civic function of the humanities . . . is something understood very well by totalitarian societies, which tend to keep… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Instead of the machine being a giant to which the man is the pygmy, we must at last reverse the proportions until… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it. — Orlando Gibbons Copy Share Image
Sound economy is a sound understanding brought into action; it is calculation realized; it is the doctrine of proportion reduced to practice;… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Cancer touches every family in one way or another. As other diseases are brought under control, cancer is set to become the… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought… — William Bligh Copy Share Image
The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Just in proportion as a man becomes good, divine, Christ-like, he passes out of the region of theorizing, of system-building, and hireling… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
A cosmic mystery of immense proportions, once seemingly on the verge of solution, has deepened and left astronomers and astrophysicists more baffled… — William Broad Copy Share Image
Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Every man and woman who has talent and hides it will be called a slothful servant. Improve day by day upon the… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
At least three further requirements supplement the strategies of environmentalists if we were to create and preserve a less violent world. 1)… — Sally Miller Gearhart Copy Share Image
Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and, as the theory would predict, they are usually denigrated for… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
