Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

Ordinary love is mere animal attraction. Otherwise why is the distinction between the sexes? If one kneels before an image, it is dreadful idolatry; but… — Swami Vivekananda
In addition to pumping the blood of life within our bodies, we may think of the heart as a belief-to-matter translator. It converts the perceptions… — Gregg Braden
One can hardly appreciate how academia has perverted its highest tasks and "ideals" without pondering long and hard the implications of Jacques Barzun's House of… — Kenny Smith
No word meaning "art" occurs in Aivilik, nor does "artist": there are only people. Nor is any distinction made between utilitarian and decorative objects. The… — Edmund Snow Carpenter
The Old Testament does, in fact, seem to make a distinction between the life of a child and the life of a fetus. — Mark Galli
If you dont love, youve lost your distinction, definition, uniqueness, and identity. — Judah Smith
The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the… — Teresa de Lauretis
If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our… — Samuel Johnson
I send out thoughts of love and peace and healing to the whole universe: to all trees and plants and growing things, to all beasts… — Emmet Fox
And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who… — J D Hayworth
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine… — Harlan F. Stone
As a German philosopher writing in the aftermath of the Nazi regime, Marcuse understood the sleep inducing force of indoctrination, its power to make people… — Daniel Pinchbeck
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been… — Clarence Thomas
There is no greater egoism than that of learning when it is treated simply as a mark of personal distinction to be held and cherished… — John Dewey
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm, the… — Joseph de Maistre
I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to… — Vincent de Paul
If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are relatively easy to… — J. Boone
In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior… — Benjamin Hoff
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. — Joseph de Maistre
I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them! — Maggie Kuhn
Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification with the body,… — Swami Vivekananda
There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one. — Alexander McCall Smith
The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost… — Jack Kornfield
Seek the underlying harmonies of love and the overarching rainbow of hope, rather than the surface distinctions of creeds and of sects. Work for peace… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative. — E L Doctorow

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