Affirms Quotes

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Faith affirms many things, respecting which the senses are silent, but nothing that they deny. It is superior, but never opposed to their testimony — Blaise Pascal
Social science affirms that a woman's place in society marks the level of civilization. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event… — Robert Penn Warren
I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke. — Yves Saint Laurent
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. — Andrea Dworkin
On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or ideas that happened… — Jerry Saltz
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. — Simone Weil
I love the idea of bringing order out of disorder which is what the mystery is about. I like the way in which it affirms… — P.D. James
The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without… — Friedrich Nietzsche
For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. in this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours — Ayn Rand
No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure. — Ernest Hemingway
People do lie to themselves, and they get away with it because every action affirms and reaffirms their perception. That's the power of the human… — Vicki Pettersson
A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds… — Benjamin Franklin
I am thing that thinks: that is, a things that doubts,affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, is willing, is unwilling,… — Rene Descartes
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
If a child smiles, if an adult smiles, that is very important. If in our daily lives we can smile, if we can be peaceful… — Nhat Hanh
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and… — Starhawk

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