Conceptions Quotes

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The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. — Henry David Thoreau
The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as… — Ann Radcliffe
Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further… — Galileo Galilei
Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their aeriform state to… — Nick Tosches
It is a sad thing to begin life with low conceptions of it. It may not be possible for a young man to measure life;… — Thornton T. Munger
Music raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions: it strengthens and advances praise into rapture. — Joseph Addison
Ideas without precedent are generally looked upon with disfavor and men are shocked if their conceptions of an orderly world challenged. — J Harlen Bretz
The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can… — Alice Miller
If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one… — George Soros
Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth... They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into… — Louis de Broglie
The new cosmic story emerging into human awareness overwhelms all previous conceptions of the universe for the simple reason that it draws them all into… — Brian Swimme
All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within a closed landscape… — Ivan Chtcheglov
About 1911 I had the idea of making for my son, who had just been born, a blanket composed of bits of fabric like those… — Sonia Delaunay
All one's work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if he doesn't mean… — Joseph Conrad
All conceptions are limitations of the conceiver. — Neville Goddard
Stop trying to change the world since it is only the mirror. Manâ€™s attempt to change the world by force is as fruitless as breaking… — Neville Goddard
I AM (your true self) is not interested in manâ€™s opinion. All its interest lies in your conviction of yourself. What do you say of… — Neville Goddard
The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as… — Ernst Mach
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various… — William Kingdon Clifford
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the better… — Henry Ward Beecher

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