Constitute Quotes

277 quotes by 244 authors

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America… — Noah Webster
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until… — Winston Churchill
I do not know much. But there are certain advantages in not knowing. Like virgin territory, the mind is free of preconceptions. Everything I do… — Clarice Lispector
The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual. — Earl Warren
A multitude of small delights constitute happiness — Charles Baudelaire
What a large number of factors constitute a single human being! How very many layers we operate on, and how very many influences we receive… — Elizabeth Gilbert
...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter… — Fidel Castro
The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. — Terry Eagleton
Its a bit mad. Too bad, I mean, that getting to know each just for a fleeting second Must be replaced by unperfect knowledge of… — John Ashbery
I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my… — Thomas Jefferson
Weâ€™re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties… — Amartya Sen
You don't need treatment. The fever, inflammation, coughing, etc., constitute the healing process. Just get out of their way and permit them to complete their… — Herbert M. Shelton
If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework of an insane… — Dennis Lehane
But what if God himself can be simulated, that is to say can be reduced to signs that constitute faith? Then the whole system becomes… — Jean Baudrillard
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it is… — Albert Einstein
The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit… — Surya Das
I know this body is impatient. I know I constitute only a meager voice and mind. Yet I loved, I love. I want no sentimentality.… — Robert Creeley
Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one ... to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars… — Thomas Berry

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