Element Quotes

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Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty. — Henry Ward Beecher
These long-run worries, there's an element of truth to them, but I think frankly the fears are exaggerated. — James K. Glassman
A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience. — Karel Reisz
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a… — Ambrose Bierce
Environmental history fit[s] into the framework of New Left history. [It is] history "from the bottom up," except that here the exploited element [is] the… — Roderick Nash
The ancient Irish bards knew the Salmon of Knowledge as the giver of all life's wisdom. In the salmon's leap of understanding like a leap… — Lynn Culbreath Noel
... and holy hell the chocolate is so intense and pure it should be named an element and given a spot on the periodic table.… — Laini Taylor
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit — Seneca the Younger
To be an abstraction does not mean that an entity is nothing. It merely means that its existence is only a factor of a more… — Alfred North Whitehead
All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble… — Henry Petroski
Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to… — Bertrand Russell
With thought comprising a non-computational element, computers can never do what we human beings can. — Roger Penrose
Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her… — Sri Aurobindo
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element. — Vidal Sassoon
It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic. — Swami Vivekananda
There is no element of genius without some form of madness. — Leonardo DiCaprio
Balance is the natural state of life, because the basic characteristic of the fundamental element of life, pure consciousness, is complete balance. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
There's basically an element of fiction in everything you remember. Imagination and memory are almost the same brain processes. When I write fiction, I know… — Isabel Allende

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