Arises Quotes
572 quotes by 367 authors
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Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task…
— Karl Marx
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The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives,…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within…
— Konrad Lorenz
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The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.
— Florynce Kennedy
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Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
— Zosia Mamet
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The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly being, in Deo,…
— Georg Cantor
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For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I…
— James Rollins
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The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does.…
— George Saunders
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The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.
— George C. Williams
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The old is dying and the new cannot be born. In this interregnum there arises a great diversity of morbid symptoms.
— Antonio Gramsci
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All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises…
— Shantideva
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external.…
— Ramana Maharshi
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The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style.
— Frank Auerbach
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Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires…
— Philip Roth
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All Church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit; therefore those in whom the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church power. But the…
— Charles Hodge
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Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story.
— Meg Cabot
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My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me…
— Liu Xiaobo
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Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.
— William A. Dembski
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with…
— Gary Taubes
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True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an…
— Eckhart Tolle
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