Principles Quotes

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It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even… — Bram Stoker
Wait. You've got principles? We'll have to update your file. — Simon R. Green
He was prepared to die for it, as one of Baudelaire's dandies might have been prepared to kill himself in order to preserve himself in… — Angela Carter
In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender. — Thomas Keneally
Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle.… — Albert Einstein
That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way. — Haruki Murakami
Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of… — Nancy Pearcey
Life is indeed terribly complicatedâ€”to a man who has lost his principles. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
emotion is first of all and in principle an accident — Jean-Paul Sartre
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument… — Barack Obama
To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western… — Michel Houellebecq
Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the rights… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can… — Erich Fromm
Yes, well, principles are sometimes the problem, if you ask me,' said Miles. 'Often what's needed is a bit of common sense.' 'Which is the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You need not fear me, for I not only should think it wrong to marry a man that was deficient in sense or in principle,… — Anne Bronte
The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle.… — Virchand Gandhi
You are not wrong. You fought to protect your world. Isn't that good enough? After all, justice in this world is just a bunch of… — Yana Toboso
If I should die, I have left no immortal work behind me â€” nothing to make my friends proud of my memory â€” but I… — John Keats
Equality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are interchangeable; it is the moral principle that individuals should not be judged or… — Steven Pinker

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