Principles Quotes

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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. — Epictetus
There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names. It is, however,… — John Woolman
It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves… — Ayn Rand
Either this is logical and true, or else the principles on which economic science is based are invalid. — Gustave de Molinari
The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live… — J I Packer
The Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in… — William Gurnall
Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the… — William Gurnall
To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views, new… — J C Ryle
I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of ones… — Fannie Farmer
Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until you found what… — Tobias Wolff
Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn't have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists.… — Chogyam Trungpa
I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstance and chance : life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life? — Brandon Boyd
The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital… — Gaston Bachelard
The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal. — Auguste Comte
One should not as a rule reveal one's secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential English… — Joseph Goebbels
The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the… — Joseph Goebbels
All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and… — Thomas Merton
Okinawa, one of the longest-lived and healthiest populations in the world, practice a principle they call hara hachi bu: Eat until you are 80 percent… — Michael Pollan
The basis of artistic creation is not what is, but what might be; not the real, but the possible. Artists create according to the same… — Rudolf Steiner
I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy.… — Elon Musk
Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy. — Tony Hsieh
I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing. — Tony Abbott
If we are not inwardly wrought upon, and changed by the powerful operations of the Holy Spirit, and our moral actions proceed from a principle… — George Whitefield
I reject the word 'script' entirely-at any rate in the usual sense. I prefer the old usage-usually scenario-which it had in the Commedia dell'Arte, meaning… — Jacques Rivette

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