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Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the… — Owen Gingerich
The common belief that... the actual relations between religion and science over the last few centuries have been marked by deep and enduring hostility... is… — Unknown Author
It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from a common source.… — King Hussein I
I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination… — Yousuf Karsh
Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide but reason. Make… — Michel de Montaigne
One can defend common sense against the attacks of philosophers only by solving their puzzles, i.e., by curing them of the temptation to attack common… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we… — C. D. Broad
...one can hardly deny that mankind has a common store of thoughts which is transmitted from one generation to another. — Gottlob Frege
We do not live in several different, or even two different, worlds, a mental world and a physical world, a scientific world and a world… — John Searle
...monetary exchanges have interesting things in common; Gresham's law, if true, says what one of these interesting things is. But what is interesting about monetary… — Jerry Fodor
Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first… — Thomas Nagel
Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many… — Grete Waitz
There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still are the people of spirit… — Martin Buber
To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things-this is emancipation, and this… — Bertrand Russell
A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a world where everything… — Stephen Levine
Evolution answers some questions but reveals many more questions. Some of these questions at this stage appear to be unanswerable in the light of present… — Unknown Author

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