Patterns Quotes

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Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess… — Geoffrey Elton
History, as the study of the past, makes the coherence of what happened comprehensible by reducing events to a dramatic pattern and seeming them in… — Johan Huizinga
Instruction, and advice, and commands will profit little, unless they are backed up by the pattern of your own life. Your children will never believe… — J C Ryle
The materialistic pattern of life is that where money predominates over everything. The non-materialistic life is that where money is just a means - happiness… — Rajneesh
The time has come to lower our voices, to cease imposing our mechanistic patterns on the biological processes of the earth, to resist the impulse… — Thomas Berry
Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal… — Thomas S. Monson
However, a good life consists of more than simply the totality of enjoyable experiences. It must also have a meaningful pattern, a trajectory of growth… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
What is the pattern of worship that best conveys the richness of divine grace, faithfully interprets the gospel in our modern world and helpfully consolidates… — Geoffrey W Bromiley
Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads of… — Frederic Farrar
A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...It feels an impulsion...this is the place to… — Richard Bach
All history is an attempt to find pattern and meaning in a section of human experience, and every historian worthy of the name raises questions… — G. B. Caird
Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music. — Tom Sims
If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. Its your restlessness… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
God creates each soul differently, so that when all the mud is finally cleared away, His light will shine through it in a beautiful, colorful,… — M. Scott Peck
Hypostatized into a ritual pattern, Marxian theory becomes ideology. But its content and function distinguish it from classical forms of ideology; it is not false… — Herbert Marcuse
How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and… — Starhawk
I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I… — Roger Bannister
Capitalism and socialism are two distinct patterns of social organization. Private control of the means of production and public control are contradictory notions and not… — Ludwig von Mises
If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you. — Dave Brandon

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