Constitute Quotes

277 quotes by 244 authors

The psychology of the alchemist is that of reveries trying to constitute themselves in experiments on the exterior world. A double vocabulary must be established… — Gaston Bachelard
Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness.… — Wilhelm Stekel
There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that… — Idries Shah
It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent… — Margaret Fuller
Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, words and thoughts: daily forgiveness, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against… — John Ross Macduff
One of the anomalies of modern ecology is the creation of two groups, each of which seems barely aware of the existence of the other.… — Aldo Leopold
Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government. — Aristotle
Not sense data or atoms or electrons or packets of energy, but purposes, interests, and meanings, constitute the underlying facts of human experience. — Lewis Mumford
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or her is not… — Jorge Luis Borges
These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific… — Michael Polanyi
The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the… — Elihu Root
... landscapes or still-lifes I paint in between the abstract works; they constitute about one-tenth of my production. On the one hand they are useful,… — Gerhard Richter
God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it. — Algernon Sidney
Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty. — Algernon Sidney
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed… — Herbert Croly
The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence. — Mohamed El-Erian
Where these reduced (operational - E.W.) concepts govern the analysis of the human reality, individual or social, mental or material, they arrive at a false… — Herbert Marcuse
The process that I want to call scientific is a process that involves the continual apprehension of meaning, the constant appraisal of significance accompanied by… — Percy Williams Bridgman
How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to… — Joseph Sobran
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected. — Martin Van Creveld

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