Faculties Quotes

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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to… — Teresa of Avila
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together:… — Francis Bacon
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other… — Frederic Bastiat
The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and greater faculties. And so the… — Annie Besant
As a man may be born with a mathematical faculty, and by training that faculty year after year may immensely increase his mathematical capacity, so… — Annie Besant
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. — Hugh Blair
I want to have all of my faculties. — Jeff Bridges
My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. — Smedley Butler
To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still… — David Hume
Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he has what no… — Jacob Bronowski
Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred that they will continue to… — Herbert Spencer
For in disease the most voluntary or most special movements, faculties, etc., suffer first and most, that is in an order the exact opposite of… — John Hughlings Jackson
Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison… — Kelly Miller
Nothing, I am sure, calls forth the faculties so much as the being obliged to struggle with the world. — Mary Wollstonecraft
By suicide I introduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will ... now I choose… — Antonin Artaud
Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind — Thomas Jefferson
Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has ...… — Subhas Chandra Bose
No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will… — Hugh Leonard
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion… — Albert Einstein

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