Principles Quotes

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Here is the point about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not hold… — Christopher Hitchens
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles… — Frank Herbert
Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life,… — Henry B. Eyring
Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular way… — Paul Brunton
His main principles were indeed as follows: everything it is possible to imagine can also exist. — Angela Carter
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle. — Robert E. Lee
It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime or to let them starve for their imbecility,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The easiest way to get brainwashed is to be born. All of the above principles then immediately go into action, a process which social psychologists… — Robert Anton Wilson
Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get… — David Nicholls
That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does… — Terry Pratchett
It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods. Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom. The… — Ludwig von Mises
The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles and demonstrations. The heart has a different one. We do not prove… — Blaise Pascal
First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be… — Michael Sandel
From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you… — Robert A. Heinlein
Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal but unequals will not be treated equally.Democracy requires, therefore, first homogeneity and… — Carl Schmitt
As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the â€œsacredness… — Leon Trotsky
Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to… — Oliver Sacks
If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, its… — Stephen Covey
The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth. — Giacomo Casanova
In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not… — Leon Trotsky

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