Highly Quotes

1183 Highly quotes by 963 unique authors

A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at its highest level. — Eleanor Brown
The libertarian must never advocate or prefer a gradual, as opposed to an immediate and rapid, approach to his goal. For by doing so, he… — Murray Rothbard
We are not just highly evolved animals with biological computers embedded inside our skulls; we are also fields of consciousness without limits, transcending time, space,… — Stanislav Grof
Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state. — Norman Lamm
'Hail, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with you' (Lk. 1:28)! Thus does the holy Church invoke the most holy Virgin, the Mother… — John of Kronstadt
If... God highly exalted Christ because He humbled Himself, suffered dishonour, was tempted and endured a shameful cross and death for our sake, how will… — Gregory Palamas
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and all social institutions… — Paula Gunn Allen
From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain… — Ferdinand Lassalle
Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly… — Earnest Hooton
We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious assailant. The attacker… — Jeff Cooper
The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of… — Polly Toynbee
My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play. — Vasily Smyslov
Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice. — Stephen Covey
An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful. — Mahatma Gandhi
The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many… — Seneca the Younger
It is a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions of people have ceased to use their hands as hands. Nature has bestowed upon us… — Mahatma Gandhi
Society highly values its normal man. It educates children to lose themselves and to become absurd, and thus to be normal. — R. D. Laing
Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions. — Leo Tolstoy
People are in the habit of classifying life’s activities into those which are mundane and those which are religious. Remember, though, only those things done… — Khurram Murad
Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictability, control. These,… — William Deresiewicz
Want a happier, more content life? I highly recommend the down-to-earth methods you'll find in 'Mindfulness.' Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman have teamed… — Daniel Goleman
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous, precise prose brings… — Margot Livesey
I highly recommend tantric sex workshops. — Sheryl Lee
We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and… — Kim Stanley

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