What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
The National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
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I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-" "The world does not forgive mistakes so quickly, my girl." He… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I do believe that we all are, fundamentally, divided creatures. Emotions split from intellect, spirit from flesh and far too often sexuality… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
...Blessed be the heart who finds its way to the eternal summer. - where grateful happiness is found through understanding that whatever… — Frithjof Schuon Copy Share Image
Begin your bodybuilding lifestyle with an open mind, an open heart, a lot of patience and understanding. With the right discipline and… — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
We should not underestimate that: the Chinese people's ignorance. Thousands of years of despotism had been such a poison that their understanding… — Sun Yat-sen Copy Share Image
Words of divine consciousness: moral exaltation; lasting feelings of elevation, elation, joy; a quickening of the moral sense, which strikes one as… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Marriage is a framework to preserve friendship. It is valuable because it gives much more room to develop than just living together.… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Traditional solutions as they stand are designed to aid the centralized party. That's how it always has been. It will continue to… — Spencer Dinwiddie Copy Share Image
This is the key to understanding the virgin birth. God's Word is full of faith and spirit power. God spoke it. God… — Charles Capps Copy Share Image
There are photons that have been traveling for 30,000 years, and I'm... snatching them from this journey and planting them into my… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you can tune into an emotion or experience that is universal, and draw it, sing it or write it so that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based,… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
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We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, to a point where we realize that no dialogue… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The word "necessary" is miserably applied. It disordereth families, and overturneth government, by being so abused. Remember that children and fools want… — Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax Copy Share Image
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Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
When a sunbeam falls on a transparent substance, the substance itself becomes brilliant, and radiates light from itself. So too Spirit bearing… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
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My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A people who have only just begun to emerge from a state of subjugation are in no position to be even-handed ...… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
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One of the ways the telegraph changed us as humans was it gave us a new sense of what time it is.… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
But the plain fact of the matter is that, for any person to successfully lead others, he or she must deal with… — Donald T. Phillips Copy Share Image
Our modern understanding of cultural appropriation is highly individualised. It's all about what Halloween costume you wear, or who's cooking biryani. But… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us… — Harry Frankfurt Copy Share Image
Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
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