Approaching Quotes

293 quotes by 270 authors

The person is only a phenomenon, the principle is behind it. Thus from both sides, simultaneously, we find the breaking down of personalities and the… — Swami Vivekananda
Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils. — Iain McGilchrist
One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the other hand, the… — John Michael Greer
Most of us are not really approaching the subject in order to find out what Christianity says; we are approaching it in the hope of… — C.S. Lewis
Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way. — Ray Dalio
In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
He looked beyond. He looked to the peoples of the Earth and saw the destruction of the family because of the lack of children. Paul… — Pope Francis
Switchfoot is a surfing termâ€¦ To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a… — Jon Foreman
If everybody feels fear when approaching something totally new in lifeâ€”yet so many are out there doing it despite the fearâ€”then we must conclude that… — Susan Jeffers
Imagine (if you dare) a whimsical marriage of Lord Dunsany and S.J. Perelman, and you have something approaching the tales of Rhys Hughes, filled with… — T. E. D. Klein
He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It… — Winston Churchill
When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a… — David Amram
By the time we arrived, as evening was approaching, I felt as sore as a rock must feel when the waterfall has pounded on it… — Arthur Golden
To experience relationships of substance and depth requires approaching and entering into relationships with consciousness and concern for the other. — Gary Zukav
The dream arises from a part of the mind unknown to us, but none the less important, and is concerned with the desires for the… — Carl Jung
Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration. — Alan Watts
Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships… — Wilson Greatbatch
People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel that's… — Dalai Lama
Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnameable. — Francis Ponge
Making someone happy is perhaps the humblest way of approaching happiness. — Antonio Gala

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