Origin Quotes

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Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one… — Eckhart Tolle
History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their creed or their… — John F. Kennedy
When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was… — George Wald
I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry, of its… — Adam Weishaupt
I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news. Every known detail… — Jack Williamson
After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as the… — George Q. Cannon
Did Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews furnish structural material for Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon? It has been pointed out in these pages that… — B. H. Roberts
Just being a woman is God's gift. The origin of a child is a mother, a woman. She shows a man what sharing, caring, and… — Sushmita Sen
In a word, what characterizes the spiritist revelation is that while divine in its origin and of the initiative of the Spirits, its elaboration is… — Allan Kardec
All work, the genuine work which we must achieve, is that which is most difficult and painful: the work on ourselves. If we do not… — Jean Gebser
It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin… — Frederick Soddy
Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the… — Salvatore Quasimodo
It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it… — Arthur Eddington
As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted for, and disposed… — Abraham J. Williams
I remember once visiting an outdoor exhibition of sculpture in Arnhem, the Netherlands. One of the artists had placed this notice at the base of… — John Wijngaards
Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has… — Albert Schweitzer
We need merely understand that the evolutionary process is neither random nor determined but creative. It follows the general pattern of all creativity. While there… — Thomas Berry
What is the origin of the urge, the fascincation that drives physicists, mathematicians, and presumably other scientists as well? Psychoanalysis suggests that it is sexual… — David Ruelle
Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as… — Saint John Chrysostom

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