Abstract Quotes

741 Abstract quotes by 593 unique authors

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication. — Allan Bloom
And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she had him all to herself. But he must be made abstract first. — D. H. Lawrence
He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters?… — Peter Shaffer
Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose. — C.S. Lewis
A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break… — Fulton J. Sheen
If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough… — Sharon Salzberg
In mysticism, knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo a… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Children in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping some form of goo. — Stephenie Meyer
We value the individual. We probably put too much emphasis on the individual, if it comes right down to it. How many people, in the… — Stephenie Meyer
At that stage of my youth, death remained as abstract a concept as non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. I didn't yet appreciate its terrible finality or… — Jon Krakauer
I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work,… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner… — Parker J. Palmer
A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves… — Robinson Jeffers
All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. — John Green
All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards. — Paul Feyerabend
That’s what i love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff were your not sure what the poets talking about. You may have… — Jay Asher
The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences. — T.D. Jakes
The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its moral philosophy upon… — Leon Trotsky
Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world… — Martin Amis
-- and it occurred to me that people who don't talk about themselves are limiting their own potential. They think they're guarding themselves for some… — Chuck Klosterman
It places value on experience versus intellectual understanding. I saw a lot of people contemplating things but it didn't seem to lead to too many… — Steve Jobs
But it is a pipe." "No, it's not," I said. It's a drawing of a pipe. Get it? All representations of a thing are inherently… — John Green
That's what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff where you're not sure what the poet's talking about. You may have… — Jay Asher
Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from memory, as the… — Michael Grant
On an incredibly simplistic level, you can think of depression as occurring when your cortex thinks an abstract thought and manages to convince the rest… — Robert M. Sapolsky

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