Characteristic Quotes

466 quotes by 382 authors

The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of… — Ibn Khaldun
Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual. — Kenneth Lee Pike
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — Brennan Manning
Man alone, during his brief existence on this earth, is free to examine, to know, to criticize, and to create. In this freedom lies his… — Ruth Nanda Anshen
Reprogramming the unconscious beliefs that block fuller awareness of creative/intuitive capabilities depends upon a key characteristic of the mind, namely that it responds to what… — Willis Harman
A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. — Emily Greene Balch
My wife is my favorite person I've ever met in my 40 years on the planet, and I'm sure she would agree that patience is… — Mike Greenberg
Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing. — Edward T. Hall
The most important characteristic of an organism is that capacity for internal self-renewal known as health. There are two organisms whose processes of self-renewal have… — Aldo Leopold
High-consequence risks form one particular segment of the generalised 'climate of risk' characteristic of late modernity - one characterised by regular shifts in knowledge-claims as… — Anthony Giddens
Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes, a mode of… — Anthony Giddens
I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the… — Michael Chang
A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial… — Tom Glazer
Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic. — E. M. Delafield
Which is the most universal human characteristic: Fear or laziness? — Louis Mackey
A characteristic thing about the aspiring immigrant is the fact that he is not content to progress alone. Solitary success is imperfect success in his… — Mary Antin
We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century [...] lies where we have never suspected it [...] The only palliative is… — C.S. Lewis
Genius is by definition a style of consciousness characterized by the ability to access high energy attractor patterns. It is not a personality characteristic. It… — David R. Hawkins
The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of… — Raymond B. Fosdick
The most outstanding characteristic of Eastern civilization is to know contentment, whereas that of Western civilization is not to know contentment. Contented Easterners are satisfied… — Hu Shih

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