Absolute Quotes

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The world of ideas which it [mathematics] discloses or illuminates, the contemplation of divine beauty and order which it induces, the harmonious connexion of its… — James Joseph Sylvester
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities.… — Alfred North Whitehead
Neurosis has an absolute genius for malingering. There is no illness which it cannot counterfeit perfectly. If it is capable of deceiving the doctor, how… — Marcel Proust
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for… — George Santayana
I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality. — Donald Judd
Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity. — Roger Wolcott Sperry
One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught… — Abraham Pais
Part of understanding the notion of Justice is to recognize the disproportions among which we live...it takes an awful lot of living with the powerless… — John O'Donohue
We are privileged, and the duty of privilege is absolute integrity. — John O'Donohue
Absolute consciousness is manifest here in every circumstance of daily life because it is everywhere full and perfect. Consciousness is said to be the cause… — Abhinavagupta
I tried to do it all myself: be mommy and camp counselor and art teacher and prereading specialist (and somehow, in my off-hours, to do… — Judith Warner
How far must a Christian go in order to be saved? Only to the Cross. But if I am disobeying God in my life and… — Alan Redpath
It may be that the strongest instinct of the human race, stronger than sex or hunger, is curiosity: the absolute need to know. It can… — Jack Finney
Questions of absolute good and evil are much better not opened to public debate these days, when so few people are sure of their absolutes — Sidney Howard
Worry springs from not being convinced of a sovereign God's absolute love for you. Worry disappears when you realize that God loves you unfailingly and… — J. D. Greear
Reality is all-encompassing: the absolute nature is one. Although we may feel separate from the original uncreated reality - whether we call it 'God,' 'peak… — Tarthang Tulku
What is the Absolute? Something that appears to us in fleeting experiences--say, through the gentle smile of a beautiful woman, or even through the warm… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly… — Johann Arndt
If no divine law is recognized above the law of the State, then the law of man has become absolute in men's eyes--there is then… — Greg L. Bahnsen

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