Principles Quotes

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What has happened to create this doubt is that a problem (such as a deep conflict or a bad experience) has been allowed to usurp… — Os Guinness
If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion… — Blaise Pascal
My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. — Confucius
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing… — Herman Melville
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ… — Howard Gardner
I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. — Ernest Hemingway
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity… — Daniel Webster
Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship? I guarantee that… — Milan Kundera
Reshaping life! People who can say that have never understood a thing about lifeâ€”they have never felt its breath, its heartbeatâ€”however much they have seen… — Boris Pasternak
Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time. — Mary Wollstonecraft
People have a hard time accepting free-market economics for the same reason they have a hard time accepting evolution: it is counterintuitive. Life looks intelligently… — Michael Shermer
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is leading both to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I… — Thomas Paine
I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Palestine, Italy, Spain, and the Islands, - the Genius and creative Principle of each and of all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time. — Oscar Wilde
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters… — Charles Spurgeon
Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. — Chris Cleave
That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all… — Sarah Dessen

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