Passes Quotes

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The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has an evanescence of life, or… — Freya Stark
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites… — William O. Douglas
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second,… — Elbert Hubbard
The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but it also passes… — Karl Popper
As regards authority I so proceed. Boetius says in the second prologue to his Arithmetic, 'If an inquirer lacks the four parts of mathematics, he… — Roger Bacon
In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is… — Samuel Johnson
Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both. — William Temple
Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum… — Freeman Dyson
The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at least one hour… — Rajneesh
My whole effort is to help you to disappear. My whole effort is to help you to be so empty: anatta - non-being. Because if… — Rajneesh
Such is the moral construction of the world that no national crime passes unpunished in the long run... Were present oppressors to reflect on the… — Thomas Jefferson
Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes. — Horace
Ideally, I'm also sending a message that everything passes, even hope, and sometimes you have to be patient while you wait for it to come… — Heather Donahue
Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit. — Henry David Thoreau
Love? It's good. But, as you go on living, it changes. After time passes, all gets forgotten. — Kim Do-hoon
The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a… — Champfleury
Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. — Stanislas de Boufflers
The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions-each branch of our knowledge-passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious: the… — Auguste Comte
One only passes from the darkness of ignorance to the enlightenment of science if one re-reads with ever-increasing love the works of the ancients. Let… — Unknown Author

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