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According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man's faculties and… — William Whewell
I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist - all that is commonly called Science - to be of very slight… — Bertrand Russell
Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive… — Pope Benedict XVI
The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing.… — Leonardo da Vinci
The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars… — Thomas Berry
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels,… — Charles Dickens
Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear? — Elizabeth Bowen
Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature; and that individual, or nation, which has it slightly developed, is so far unfortunate. It is a… — Lydia M. Child
Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
What right have you to take the word wealth, which originally meant well-being, and degrade and narrow it by confining it to certain sorts of… — John Ruskin
To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard. If one changes internally one should not continue to live… — Anais Nin
The inward persuasion that we are free to do, or not to do a thing, is but a mere illusion. If we trace the true… — Baron d'Holbach
Do the day's work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to help a powerful… — Calvin Coolidge
How will it be with us in the future life, when everything that has gratified us in this world: riches, honors, food and drink, dress,… — John of Kronstadt
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the… — Leonardo da Vinci
What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist is there, the… — Henry Selick
We at BMW do not build cars as consumer objects, just to drive from A to B. We build mobile works of art. — Chris Bangle
I see myself as the literary equivalent of a skilled lathe-operator, or a basket-weaver; a potter, maybe: I make mildly diverting objects that people want… — Robert Harris
We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component… — Antonio Damasio

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