Observed Quotes

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A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, â€˜If itâ€™s fair, it is not a true trial!â€™ That is, without the… — Neal A. Maxwell
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from… — Claire Messud
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and that of a… — Eleanor Catton
The orthodox school has witnessed for centuries that nature itself has never once cured any existing disease with another dissimilar one, however intense. What must… — Samuel Hahnemann
The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with regard… — Romain Rolland
A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architec75tural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another — Unknown Author
I suppose the pleasure of the country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live. That is a truism when… — Vita Sackville-West
Creation is not taking place now, so far as can be observed. Therefore, it was accomplished sometime in the past, if at all, and thus… — Henry M. Morris
It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have… — Franz Boas
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth. — James MacGregor Burns
Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of… — William Henry Hudson
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help to sustain ideals… — Calvin Coolidge
However, the daily life of the slaves in the South, as observed by many travelers, was obscured for all time by the relentless promotion of… — Eustace Mullins
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing… — Charles Caleb Colton
Chance alone is at the source of every innovaton, of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance, only chance, absolute but blind liberty is at… — Jacques Monod
First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems. — Heinz von Foerster
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual… — John Owen
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image… — J C Ryle
I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences. — Irving Kristol

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