Principle Quotes

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If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President… — Charles A. Beard
Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the… — Friedrich Schiller
Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There are no solids. There are no things. There are only interfering and non-interfering patterns operative in pure principle, and principles are eternal. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle. — Zhuangzi
Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion and confusion of… — Nikolai Berdyaev
A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views. — Luc de Clapiers
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pride of origin, whether high or low, springs from the same principle in human nature; one is but the positive, the other the negative, pole… — James Russell Lowell
The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his… — Eric Hoffer
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace,… — Mark Twain
The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just. — Thomas Jefferson
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and… — Bill Watterson
The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in principle capable of explaining life. — Richard Dawkins
My untidy habits drive me to follow the slash-and-burn principle. Work on a virgin table until the mess becomes unbearable, then move on to a… — Richard Dawkins
No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a culture holds that… — Michael Novak
Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The only principle in art is to copy what you see. Dealers in aesthetics to the contrary, every other method is fatal. — Auguste Rodin
God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, life, Truth, Love. — Mary Baker Eddy
It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first place, and the… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be… — Ken Blanchard
Don't follow the mind. Don't follow the body. Follow the Conscience. That is the main principle of this text. So we should follow our Conscience. — Sathya Sai Baba
The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose. — Rudolf Arnheim
Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle… — Joshua Reynolds

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