Consists Quotes

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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth. — Heraclitus
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I think, in a… — Kwame Anthony Appiah
Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to this knowledge of… — Rudolf Steiner
The student should bear in mind that the very essence of consciousness is constantly to identify itself with the Not-Self, and as constantly to re-assert… — Arthur E. Powell
The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or many times, but… — John Stuart Mill
This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but in realizing the… — Thomas Merton
Evangelization through the Eucharist, in the Eucharist, and from the Eucharist - these are three inseparable aspects of how the Church lives the mystery of… — Pope John Paul II
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the… — John C. Calhoun
To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. — George Santayana
When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this… — Simone Weil
To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back — Robert Quillen
There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases. — Andre Malraux
[D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything which… — Leo Tolstoy
Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation provides a vehicle… — Chogyam Trungpa
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable… — George Orwell
Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police… — Stephen King
Originally consists in thinking for yourself, and not in thinking unlike other people. — James Fitzjames Stephen
The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a… — Thomas Paine
Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately — Mikhail Botvinnik
The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of… — Jean Paul
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything which one attempts… — William Matthews

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