"Reason has not tamed desire: it is as…" — Arthur Keith
"Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever."
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31 Quotes by Arthur Keith
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Religious leaders and men of science have the same ideals; they want to understand and explain the universe of which…
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No tribe unites with another of its own free will.
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Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.
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The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of…
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My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.
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The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our…
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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
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We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only…
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The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war.
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Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural…
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Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more…
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Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain…
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
— Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
— Aristotle
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
— Aristotle
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
— Chinua Achebe
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
— Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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