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No one has a monopoly on knowledge the way that, say, IBM had in the 1960s in computing, or that Bell Labs had through the… — Henry Chesbrough
"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly… — Patricia Aburdene
It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him,… — Ibn Ata Allah
Life is the external text, the burning bush by the edge of the path from which God speaks. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already… — J. G. Ballard
You believe that reality is something objective, external, existing in its own right. You also believe that the nature of reality is self-evident. When you… — George Orwell
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external… — Stanislaw Ulam
At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us… — Walter Pater
On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as… — Wilhelm Dilthey
Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only… — Thomas Merton
Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not… — Samuel Johnson
In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin to… — John Foster Dulles
Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical glance, the nature… — Franz Joseph Gall
The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular… — Joseph Butler
Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth. — Richard Branson
Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and… — Richard Branson
None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most… — Samuel Johnson
Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual… — Charles Darwin
Education has two aspects; the first is related to external and worldly education, which is nothing but acquiring bookish knowledge. In the modern world, we… — Sathya Sai Baba
The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless,… — Seamus Heaney

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