Merely Quotes

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What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership. — Robert D. Putnam
Pi is not merely the ubiquitous factor in high school geometry problems; it is stitched across the whole tapestry of mathematics, not just geometry's little… — Robert Kanigel
Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something. — Jonathan Krohn
True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. — Victor Cousin
If a lunatic scribbles a jumble of mathematical symbols it does not follow that the writing means anything merely because to the inexpert eye it… — Eric Temple Bell
The hope that God has provided for you is not merely a wish. Neither is it dependent on other people, possessions, or circumstances for its… — John C. Broger
Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team. We… — Vicki Robin
Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what… — Johannes Brahms
The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone the… — Theodore Isaac Rubin
It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding… — Roger Penrose
If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance ... These comments are not worth printing. Yet it gives me… — Johannes Kepler
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities.… — Alfred North Whitehead
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance. — Michael Korda
Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we… — Leo Ornstein
Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissingthe… — Margaret Atwood
Thus you can throw yourself flat on the ground, stretched out upon Mother Earth, with the certain conviction that you are one with her and… — Erwin Schrodinger
Serenity and inner beauty come when we wait upon God. "Waiting" like that is not merely wasting time. — Eva Burrows
Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life. — Elwyn Brooks White
The Imagination merely enables us to wander into the darkness of the unknown where, by the dim light of the knowledge we carry, we may… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need. It is an attitude… — Hugh Black

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