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Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in… — Thomas Aquinas
The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence. — Eckhart Tolle
Life cannot be lived, and understood, simultaneously. — Aristotle
The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually. — Woodrow Wilson
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive. — Dalai Lama
I believe that for permanent survival, man must balance science with other qualities of life, qualities of body and spirit as well as those of… — Charles Lindbergh
A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic. — Aristotle
History can tell us what happened in the past. But it cannot assert that it must happen again in the future. — Ludwig von Mises
History's villains are more easily recognized in retrospect. In an article published in 1935 and reprinted in 1937, Winston Churchill expressed a curious ambivalence towards… — Winston Churchill
I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonance and the many… — Walt Whitman
There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long be separated from… — Joseph Story
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our time we must… — Herbert Hoover
History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance. — Bernard DeVoto
Truth is that which does not contaminate you, but empowers you. Therefore, there are degrees of truth, but, generically, truth is that which can do… — Gary Zukav
It is unlikely that we will ever see a star being born. Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the very young,… — Heinz Pagels
..... if we were talking to you on your first day of physical life experience, we would say to you, "Welcome to Planet Earth. There… — Esther Hicks
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will,… — G I Gurdjieff
BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man… — Ambrose Bierce
There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred from… — John Eric Erichsen
Life is so short. Grudges are a waste of time. Laugh when you can, apologise when you should, and trust God with what you cannot… — Nicky Gumbel
True forgiveness deals with the past, all of the past, to make the future possible. We cannot go on nursing grudges even vicariously for those… — Desmond Tutu
I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be… — Jean-Georges Noverre
I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage of the body.… — Jean-Georges Noverre
Some Native people suggest that one should test how cold the hands are by touching the thumb to the little finger of the same hand.… — Mors Kochanski
I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This, however, had not… — Charles Darwin

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