Characteristic Quotes

466 quotes by 382 authors

Realization that is beyond characteristic or designation is marvelous! — Longchenpa
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. — Jennifer Jones
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts. — Heywood Broun
We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace. — James D. Watkins
On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and… — Arthur Henderson
The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to all… — Rene Cassin
It is characteristic that this should take place just when it is becoming more and more clear to all who think about the matter, that… — Christian Lous Lange
The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body. — George Herbert Mead
The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of… — James Fenton
By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will be… — Alexis De Tocqueville
It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and perhaps of imitation, are more strongly marked than in man:… — Charles Darwin
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. — Henry David Thoreau
Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and if that characteristic is lost, the government will fall. In… — Ronald Reagan
We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which… — Henri Bergson
The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said, I have enough money to last me the rest of… — Unknown Author
It is the inherent characteristic of the flames to move upward and illuminate the nearby area. Those great souls who tread on the path of… — Rig Veda
Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will, for the will, as emotion of command, is the distinguishing… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Holiness is neither that passionate love of the beginning, nor the tormenting anxiety of the long waits and of the moonlight walks, but is that… — Sorin Cerin
Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me. Lord Byron Love gives eyes to see what the eye without love can't see… — Sorin Cerin
This is why the faith of the peoples is and becomes a complementary part of it, and the ultimate argument for the existence of religion… — Sorin Cerin

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