Phenomena Quotes
491 quotes by 381 authors
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The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example.
— Dave Barry
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In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows…
— Annie Besant
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Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its…
— Annie Besant
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It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
— Vinoba Bhave
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The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly…
— Conrad Black
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The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
— Luis Bunuel
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A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.
— Karl Abraham
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Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting about it. It is also…
— Richard Dawkins
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It is, however, a most astonishing but incontestable fact, that the history of the evolution of man as yet constitutes no part of general education.…
— Ernst Haeckel
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The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic…
— Fritjof Capra
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Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside…
— Zhuge Liang
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A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to notice natural phenomena,…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Perhaps the problem is the seeming need that people have of making black-and-white cutoffs when it comes to certain mysterious phenomena, such as life and…
— Douglas Hofstadter
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In science there is and will remain a Platonic element which could not be taken away without ruining it. Among the infinite diversity of singular…
— Jacques Monod
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Religion is a superstition that originated in man`s mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has always been stumbling…
— Emma Goldman
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Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is…
— Dalai Lama
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Almost all the greatest discoveries in astronomy have resulted from what we have elsewhere termed Residual Phenomena, of a qualitative or numerical kind, of such…
— John Herschel
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At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The phenomena open to…
— Lucretius
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Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to me. But I…
— Joseph Wood Krutch
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Man does not limit himself to seeing; he thinks and insists on learning the meaning of phenomena whose existence has been revealed to him by…
— Claude Bernard
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