Concepts Quotes

541 Concepts quotes by 418 unique authors

We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder — Pope Gregory I
The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap… — Stanislav Grof
Socialism is not about big concepts and heavy theory. Socialism is about decent shelter for those who are homeless. It is about water for those… — Chris Hani
For every grand and finely worded statement by the CEO, the brand is also defined by derisory consumer comments overheard in a hallway, or in… — Scott Bedbury
A display connected to a digital computer gives us a chance to gain familiarity with concepts not realizable in the physical world. It is a… — Ivan Sutherland
Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves — Johann Georg Hamann
It will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the scientific conclusion… — Alain Aspect
When one analyzes the pre-conscious step to concepts, one always finds ideas which consist of 'symbolic images.' The first step to thinking is a painted… — Wolfgang Pauli
Ultimately, all thoughts are sponsored by love or fear. All thoughts, ideas, concepts, understandings, decisions, choices, and actions are based on these. And, in the… — Neale Donald Walsch
Close your eyes and visualize the person you really want to be, who fits your own concepts of self-respect. If you can see the person… — Denis Waitley
For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set… — Frantz Fanon
All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts. — Carl Schmitt
Anarchism is no patent solution for all human problems, no Utopia of a perfect social order, as it has often been called, since on principle… — Rudolf Rocker
The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is… — H. L. Mencken
The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts… — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those… — Charles Mingus
Dogmatism grew from the soil of simplistic and frequently wrong concepts. Dogmatism is like a ship that has run aground: the waves run, the ship… — Dmitri Volkogonov
To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art'… — M.C. Escher
We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth.… — Steven Biko
A man demonstrates his rationality, not by a commitment to fixed ideas, stereotyped procedures, or immutable concepts, but by the manner in which, and the… — Stephen Toulmin
The desire to discover, the desire to move, to capture the flavor, three concepts that describe the art of photography. — Helmut Newton
Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is much more to life than… — John Welwood
Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imageryYou are confusing… — Anton Chekhov
Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen in your life. — Joseph Murphy

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