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289 Notions quotes by 250 unique authors
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The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the…
— Francis Bacon
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It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we…
— Rose McGowan
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I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree…
— Mark Twain
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A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance,…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The eyes are witnesses that the heavens revolve in the space of twenty- four hours. But certain men, either from the love of novelty, or…
— Philipp Melanchthon
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In this world that God (or Mother Nature) created, it is always hazard and novelty-hazard and novelty-which assert themselves, thereby rendering notions of fixity absurd.…
— Tom Robbins
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If you look at all the notions we accept about who we are, you find that they are all based upon our perceptual experiences.
— Deepak Chopra
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In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing.
— James Russell Lowell
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"God", "the immortality of the soul", "salvation", "the beyond"-even as a child I had no time for such notions, I do not waste any time…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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A child gets moral notions from the fairy-tales he delights in, as do his elders from tale and verse.
— Charlotte Mason
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We are assumed to be rather hopeless - swallowed up by incorrect notions, divorced from the original genius with which we are born, lost within…
— Elizabeth Berg
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I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not…
— Daniel H. Pink
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Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a…
— John Tillotson
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Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbour is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have to abandon outdated…
— Dalai Lama
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Animal cruelty is one of the most unfortunate and barbaric demonstrations of human beings manipulating ill conceived notions of ‘power’ over other species.
— Ian Somerhalder
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I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning. A…
— Tom Peters
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The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more…
— Alexander MacLaren
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True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.
— Gautama Buddha
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All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Despite the obvious emphasis of Scripture (in regard to suffering), we are bombarded by suggestions that the 'successful' Christian living takes place in the realm…
— Alistair Begg
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Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and…
— Joko Beck
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The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception only gives information…
— Albert Einstein
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Sometimes we get wrong notions, we think we have to be in a luxurious house, in a large city, with a new car in order…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did…
— John Sergeant Wise
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