Concept Quotes

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The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine… — Robert A. Heinlein
There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was sexually… — Sigmund Freud
Identity is a concept of our age that should be used very carefully. All types of identities, ethnic, national, religious, sexual or whatever else, can… — Murathan Mungan
All contempt for the sexual life, all denigration under the concept 'impure" is the essential crime against Life- against the Holy Spirit of Life". — Friedrich Nietzsche
The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to… — Gautama Buddha
When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often inadequate.… — Dalai Lama
I believe deeply that we must find a new spirituality... in such a way that all people of good will could adhere to it... We… — Dalai Lama
The mind wants to land, to fixate, to hold a concept, but the only way you can be really free is by not fixating. That's… — Adyashanti
In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept of persons. This… — Max De Pree
Dogs don't know about beginnings, and they don't speculate on matters that occurred before their time. Dogs also don't know - or at least don't… — Stanley Coren
Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's… — Dalai Lama
I consider the concept of a global mean temperature to be somewhat dubious. A single number cannot adequately capture climate c hange. This number, as… — Craig F. Bohren
Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality. — Linda Blandford
If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to - it will be… — Paul Gilding
The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings. — Patricia Deegan
Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed… — Walter Koenig
The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to the… — Doug Peacock
Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is. — Ron Carlson
We've concocted a system where local trips take an auto. That's our biggest tragedy. Streetcars, such as those used in Portland's Pearl District, and elevated… — Peter Calthorpe
When I moved to the United States [from Asia] in 2001, I experienced a more rigid concept of gender, but somehow I was allowed to… — Geena Rocero

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