Foundations Quotes
323 quotes by 267 authors
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Only part of us is sane: only part of us loves pleasure and the longer day of happiness, wants to live to our nineties and…
— Rebecca West
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The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (One is unable to notice something because…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.
— John Adams
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But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You…
— Ron Rash
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I am not interested in constructing a building, so much as in having a perspicuous view of the foundations of possible buildings.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical…
— C.S. Lewis
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Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.…
— Tara Brach
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So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the…
— Stephenie Meyer
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Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I built up these lumber piles of love, and with fourteen boards each I built little houses, so that your eyes, which I adore and…
— Pablo Neruda
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The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with forecasts that change…
— Malcolm Forbes
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Let us join our efforts toward building the unshakable foundations for a culture of peace.
— Daisaku Ikeda
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The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking…
— Dan Millman
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To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded…
— Eli Broad
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them…
— Calvin Coolidge
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It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature has laid the…
— Seneca the Younger
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The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their ability to experiment and commit to the experimentation and innovation…
— Steven Levitt
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