Principles Quotes

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While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so far: not only… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the structure of the universe, has invited man to study and to imitation. It is… — Thomas Paine
The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for… — Philip K. Dick
You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step… — Bertrand Russell
For the authentic revolutionary conservative, what really counts is to be faithful not to past forms and institutions, but rather to principles of which such… — Julius Evola
When it all come down to it, the thing that matters most in a relationship is principles [...] We have the same idea whatâ€™s right… — David Levithan
That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another. God said, 'Thou shalt not kill'; at another time He… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Most lead lives at worst so painful, at best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape, the longing to transcend themselves if… — Aldous Huxley
If you want to stay in for the long haul, and lead a life that is free from illusions either propagated by you or embraced… — Christopher Hitchens
Thomas More: Will, I'd trust you with my life. But not your principles. You see, we speak of being anchored to our principles. But if… — Robert Bolt
What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are constantly trying to give their children â€”… — J I Packer
Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was meant to destroy… — Henry Miller
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk… — Umberto Eco
I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after… — Brandon Sanderson
We used to laugh at our small selves, saying that I was a bad girl trying to be good and that he was a good… — Patti Smith
The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. ----- "A Clockwork Orange… — Anthony Burgess
True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as… — Ellen DeGeneres
I think that every living person, every person who is awake to the functioning principles within his reality has a moment where he stops blaming… — Donald Miller
Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie,… — Umberto Eco
All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards. — Paul Feyerabend

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