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title: "15 Universal Principle Quotes by 15 authors"
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> [Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/nonviolence-is-a-universal-principle-and-its-operation-is-not-limited/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [It is a universal principle that whenever one refuses to use his God-given powers, these powers decay and perish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/it-is-a-universal-principle-that-whenever-one-refuses-to-use-his-god/)

[Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/)

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> [It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-canfield/it-is-a-universal-principle-that-you-get-more-of-what-you-think-about/)

[Jack Canfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-canfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/jack-canfield-796_feels_it-is-a-universal-principle-that-you-get_2970816.png)

> [Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-polanyi/personal-participation-is-the-universal-principle-of-knowing/)

[Michael Polanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-polanyi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/michael-polanyi-17316_gathering-data_personal-participation-is-the-universal_977692.jpg)

> [“Karma literally means “deed” or “act” and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction which governs all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satguru-sivaya-subramuniyaswami/karma-literally-means-deed-or-act-and-more-broadly-names-the/)

[Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satguru-sivaya-subramuniyaswami/)

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> [If you follow a universal principle, it positively impacts all areas of your life. Universal principles dont compartmentalize](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-pavlina/if-you-follow-a-universal-principle-it-positively-impacts-all-areas/)

[Steve Pavlina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-pavlina/)

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> [The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giambattista-vico/the-universal-principle-of-etymology-in-all-languages-words-are/)

[Giambattista Vico](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giambattista-vico/)

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> [The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-bejan/the-fact-that-the-same-proportionalities-rule-optimal-running-flying-2/)

[Adrian Bejan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-bejan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/adrian-bejan-51856_amount_the-fact-that-the-same-proportionalities_1437968.jpg)

> [The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-arnheim/the-rehabilitation-of-order-as-a-universal-principle-however/)

[Rudolf Arnheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-arnheim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/rudolf-arnheim-10963_accounts_the-rehabilitation-of-order-as-a-univers_73612.jpg)

> [“This focus on stretching your ability and receiving immediate feedback provides the core of a more universal principle—one that I increasingly came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-newport/this-focus-on-stretching-your-ability-and-receiving-immediate/)

[Cal Newport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-newport/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/cal-newport-1302_career_this-focus-on-stretching-your-ability-an_3190900.jpg)

> [We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/we-all-of-us-could-do-a-much-better-job-of-evoking-what-someone-has/)

[Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/)

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> [“No sort of activity is likely to be lasting if it is not founded on self-interest, that's a universal principle, a philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/no-sort-of-activity-is-likely-to-be-lasting-if-it-is-not-founded-on/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The maxim of Cleobulus, "Mediocrity is best," has been long considered a universal principle, extending through the whole compass of life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-maxim-of-cleobulus-mediocrity-is-best-has-been-long-considered-a/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mencius/there-is-the-work-of-great-men-and-there-is-the-work-of-little-men/)

[Mencius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mencius/)

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> [“In short, the idea dawns that the one universal principle which possibly ... between force and structure, the embodiment of the Principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marja-de-vries/in-short-the-idea-dawns-that-the-one-universal-principle-which/)

[Marja de Vries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marja-de-vries/)

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