Principle Quotes

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It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of… — Adolphe Quetelet
The elementary parts of all tissues are formed of cells in an analogous, though very diversified manner, so that it may be asserted, that there… — Theodor Schwann
The principal result of my investigation is that a uniform developmental principle controls the individual elementary units of all organisms, analogous to the finding that… — Theodor Schwann
He who attempts to draw any conclusion whatever as to the nation's wealth or poverty from the mere fact of a favorable or unfavorable Balance… — Ernst Engel
As patterns of obedience develop, the specific blessings associated with obedience are realized and belief emerges. Desire, hope, and belief are forms of faith, but… — Kevin W. Pearson
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while the… — Justus von Liebig
Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths. — Barack Obama
Principle of "Christian love": it insists upon being well paid in the end. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I have found that fate is as liquid and elusive a word as love. Plato thought they were the same ... Novalis wrote that fate… — Liz Greene
I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to… — Barack Obama
This is an eternal and fundamental principle, inherent in all things, in every system of philosophy, in every religion, and in every science. There is… — Charles F. Haanel
The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself. — Benjamin Haydon
The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding; your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be. — Raymond Charles Barker
Everyone deserves love and appreciation. If there is someone in the world whom we do not love, it is our blessing to work this out… — David Wilcock
Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to… — Henry Grady Weaver
Magic is antiphysics, so it can't really exist. But is shares one thing with science. I can explain the principle behind a good science experiment… — Koji Nakanishi
We lay down a fundamental principle of generalization by abstraction: The existence of analogies between central features of various theories implies the existence of a… — Unknown Author
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence "of its own… — Paul Davies
There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of refinement and nobility… — Maria Jane McIntosh
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. — Edward Bellamy
The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive… — Joseph Butler
If everything in chemistry is explained in a satisfactory manner without the help of phlogiston, it is by that reason alone infinitely probable that the… — Antoine Lavoisier
We may lay it down as an incontestible axiom, that, in all the operations of art and nature, nothing is created; an equal quantity of… — Antoine Lavoisier

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