Faculty Quotes

611 quotes by 455 authors

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
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. — Henry Ward Beecher
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth,… — Joseph Addison
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. — Henri Bergson
Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. — Henri Bergson
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
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. — Samuel Butler
Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. — Samuel Butler
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
Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the… — John Calvin
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
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. — John Ciardi
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
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton

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