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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
And silence. She liked the silence most of all. The silence in which the body, senses, the instincts, are more alert, more powerful, more sensitized,… — Anais Nin
Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse… — Abraham Maslow
I do not write for a select minority, which means nothing to me, nor for that adulated platonic entity known as â€˜The Massesâ€™. Both abstractions,… — Jorge Luis Borges
Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be… — Alan Watts
Lying mouth to mouth, kiss to kiss in the pillow dark, loin to loin in unbelievable surrendering sweetness so distant from all our mental fearful… — Jack Kerouac
Mathematics is much more than a language for dealing with the physical world. It is a source of models and abstractions which will enable us… — Melvin Schwartz
On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarrelling, fighting,… — Thomas Jefferson
In the visual arts, particularly painting, I distrust all those abstractions, those artificial constructions. I have a very simple way of judging them: if I… — F. Sionil Jose
When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails. — Philipp Meyer
At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time… — Unknown Author
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to… — Warren E. Burger

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