Highest Quotes

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History is an indispensable even though not the highest form of intellectual endeavor. — Carl L. Becker
We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The… — Harriet Taylor Mill
The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and… — Susan B. Anthony
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self. — Novalis
The notion that "applied" knowledge is somehow less worthy than "pure" knowledge, was natural to a society in which all useful work was performed by… — John Dewey
What really matters is that there is so much faith and love and kindliness which we can share with and provoke in others, and that… — James Branch Cabell
Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is a tremendous desire and longing for love, but love needs great awareness. Only then can it reach its highest climax -- and that… — Rajneesh
National honor is national property of the highest value. — James Monroe
Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. — Viktor E. Frankl
The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Love is our response to our highest values. — Ayn Rand
What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine navigation and aerial… — Leo Tolstoy
If you examine the highest poetry in the light of common sense, you can only say that it is rubbish; and in actual fact you… — Aleister Crowley
There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable. — James Monroe
If we emphasize the life and works of our greatest contributors . . . people will come to realize that moral courage is bravery of… — Spark Matsunaga
It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the countries with the… — Richard Dawkins
Though it is true we are the highest and smartest animals, ospreys have eyes we have calculated to be sixty times more powerful and sophisticated… — Christopher Hitchens
If I could do just one thing, it would be to dissociate faith from virtue, now and for good, and to expose it for what… — Christopher Hitchens
Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence. — Christopher Hitchens

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