Mere Quotes

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I would beg the wise and learned fathers (of the church) to consider with all diligence the difference which exists between matters of mere opinion… — Galileo Galilei
The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism deals with mere arguments of… — Louis Agassiz
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of being… — Robin G. Collingwood
We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised… — James Madison
It is due to justice; due to humanity; due to truth; due to the sympathies of our nature; in fine, to our character as a… — James Madison
Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. It reveals. It reveals to the aspirant that matter and spirit are one, quantity and quality are one, the… — Sri Chinmoy
In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we… — Salman Rushdie
When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is sufficient… — Peter Stone
It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures. — M. Scott Peck
Atheism, which people have tried to for hundreds of years as 'the ways of reason and science,' is proving to be mere irrationality and ignorance. — Harun Yahya
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere… — Albert Einstein
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning "heart." Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's… — Rollo May
We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology. — Ron Reagan
But the mere circumstance of complexion cannot deprive them of the character of men. — James Madison
Give up all forms of parrotry. Start practicing whatever you truly feel to be true and justly to be just. Do not make a show… — Meher Baba
This truth may be handled either sinfully or profitably; sinfully as when it is treated on only to satisfy curiosity, and to keep up a… — Anthony Burgess
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s]… — Charles Darwin
Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the wishes… — Joseph Story
The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork. — Walter Lang
He who attempts to draw any conclusion whatever as to the nation's wealth or poverty from the mere fact of a favorable or unfavorable Balance… — Ernst Engel

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