Practicals Quotes

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The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as… — James Madison
Through the survival of their children, happy parents are able to think calmly, and with a very practical affection, of a world in which they… — Walter Pater
Women are not as sentimental as men, and are not so easily touched with the unspoken poetry of nature, being less poetical, and having less… — Charles Dudley Warner
Thought is essentially practical in the sense that but for thought no motion would be an action, no change a progress. — George Santayana
All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny. — William James
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the… — Henry A. Wallace
I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism .… — Margaret Thatcher
This missing science of heredity, this unworked mine of knowledge on the borderland of biology and anthropology, which for all practical purposes is as unworked… — George Herbert
And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer… — William S. Burroughs
Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run… — Swami Vivekananda
We hear all around us about practical religion, and analysing all that, we find that it can be brought down to one conception - charity… — Swami Vivekananda
When you let intution have its way with you, you open up new levels of the world. Such opening-up is the most practical of all… — Evelyn Underhill
The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an… — Jean Piaget
A spiritual man should be a normal man, a sound man. God Himself is normal; He is not insane. In order to reach God, a… — Sri Chinmoy
The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are gradually… — George Santayana
We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give them new expression in terms… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and… — Max Born
The world is sown with good; but unless I turn my glad thoughts into practical living and till my own field. I cannot reap a… — Helen Keller
Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where… — Tim Ferriss
Collectivism doesn't work because it's based on a faulty economic premise. There is no such thing as a person's "fair share" of wealth. The gross… — P.J. O'Rourke

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