Element Quotes

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It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems;… — Fethullah Gulen
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. — John Sterling
To me, this acquirement of nervous, physical, and emotional concentration is the one element possessed to the highest degree by the truly great dancers of… — Martha Graham
Dance design is not simply one element; it is that without which ballet cannot exist. As aria is to opera, words to poetry, color to… — Lincoln Kirstein
The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over and… — Sharon Salzberg
Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages. — Frank Pittman
Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect… — William Jennings Bryan
I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element.… — John D. Rockefeller
Beer does not make itself properly by itself. It takes an element of mystery and of things that no one can understand. — Fritz Maytag
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides
In all holiest and most unselfish love, friendship is the purest element of the affection. No love in any relation of life can be at… — Henry Clay Trumbull
A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie. — Friedrich Nietzsche
This preservation of favourable variations and the destruction of injurious variations, I call Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest. Variations neither useful nor… — Charles Darwin
What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water. — Plutarch
Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution… — Paul Rand
Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman. — Paul Johnson
When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners. — Paul Johnson
I write with humour about sadness, to introduce an element of sweet to the sour, a bit like Turkish food. — Elif Safak
To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should… — Trent Reznor

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