In mathematics ... we find two tendencies present. On the one hand, the tendency towards abstraction seeks to crystallise the logical relations… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
Ressentiment is a self-poisoning of the mind which has quite definite causes and consequences. It is a lasting mental attitude, caused by… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification. — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy,… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th century's first genocide - the systematic slaughter… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
When I hear from people that religion doesn't hurt anything, I say really? Well besides wars, the crusades, the inquisitions, 9-11, ethnic… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Regarding social order, [Francis] Fukuyama writes, "The systematic study of how order, and thus social capital, can emerge in spontaneous and decentralized… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
ISIS is not an organization that can destroy the United States. This is not a huge industrial power that can pose great… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The New Finance focused on the market's major systematic mistake. In failing to appreciate the strength of competitive forces in a market… — Robert Haugen Copy Share Image
A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws.… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
Despite the value of open data, most labs make no systematic effort to share data with other scientists. — Michael Nielsen Copy Share Image
In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that the systematic hostility of the courts to religion has lowered the prestige of religion in the… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
When the Jew says "mankind" he is talking about himself. It is written in the Talmud, that only Jews were human beings,… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to conduct our life in such a way that it reflects deep philosophical and metaphysical understanding of… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the… — John Dear Copy Share Image
Religion isn't best understood primarily as a collection of beliefs held by backward people with fear and trembling for most of human… — David Dark Copy Share Image
Execution is a systematic process of rigorously discussing hows and whats, tenaciously following through, and ensuring accountability. — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is a powerful means of expanding the mind, and producing a logical and systematic… — William Blaikie Copy Share Image
An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which… — Mark Noll Copy Share Image
Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. Not systematic, never quite the same — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image