Origin Quotes

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The history of books shows the humblest origin of some of the most valued, wrought as these were out of obscure materials by persons whose… — Amos Bronson Alcott
One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of… — Malcolm X
To eat, to speak, to sing (need we add: to kiss?) are operations which have the same site of the body for origin. — Roland Barthes
If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its existence.… — Jefferson Davis
True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or… — Desmond Tutu
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts… — Ambrose Bierce
All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find… — Laozi
We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin. — Margaret Mead
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is… — Gautama Buddha
Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of their thoughts. The… — Robert A. Burton
And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water of baptism is… — Pope Leo I
Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's… — Dalai Lama
How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others. — Ashly Lorenzana
The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was… — Harry S. Truman
Not everything in man's life is summed up in the problem of food. Anyone who thinks that a civilization can be founded on bread alone… — Toyohiko Kagawa
Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin. — Jean-Philippe Rameau
The stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war. — George Meredith
The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of… — Blaise Pascal
Upon the great questions of origin, of destiny, of immortality, of . . . other worlds, every honest man must say, 'I do not know.'… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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