Phenomena Quotes

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It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according to culture-all reflect… — Franz Boas
In the course of the history of the earth innumerable events have occurred one after another, causing changes of states, all with certain lasting consequences.… — Bernhard von Cotta
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science… — Adolphe Quetelet
This 'flying saucer' situation is not at all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomena. Something is really flying around. The phenomenon is… — Nathan Farragut Twining
The outer world, with all its phenomena, is filled with divine splendour, but we must have experienced the divine within ourselves, before we can discover… — Rudolf Steiner
It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth. — Albert Einstein
Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena. — Nima Arkani-Hamed
Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, that is… — Roger Schank
And this is why studying the history of psi is important.Â People have been reporting these phenomena for millennia and studying them for centuries.Â Human… — Dean Radin
I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and boulders. — Art Spiegelman
Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible — Monique Wittig
I think the stage is set for the appearance of new faiths, centred on the UFO belief. To a greater degree than all phenomena modern… — Jacques Vallee
Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions. — Yoko Ogawa
Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a… — Henry David Thoreau
History: the category of human phenomena which tends to catastrophe. — Jules Romains
I hold the view that the alchemistâ€™s hope of conjuring out of matter the philosophical gold, or the panacea, or the wonderful stone, was only… — Carl Jung
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real… — Erich Fromm
Between black and white there throbs the universe of chromatic phenomena. — Johannes Itten
We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from… — Max Bill
To put it another way: a conference is an elite meeting on equal terms; a congress is a group of elites meeting on opposite terms;… — Malcolm Bradbury

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