Purely Quotes

573 Purely quotes by 482 unique authors

But the first differentiation of its reflection in the manifested World is purely Spiritual, and the Beings generated in it are not endowed with a… — H. P. Blavatsky
Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result… — Nikola Tesla
The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as a training for a livelihood, leads the young to regard knowledge from a… — Bertrand Russell
Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that… — Bertrand Russell
Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total conduct of men… — Max Wertheimer
Parkinson's Law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in theory to the politics of the day. It is not the business of the botanist… — C. Northcote Parkinson
The theoretical idea ... does not arise apart from and independent of experience; nor can it be derived from experience by a purely logical procedure.… — Albert Einstein
Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical. — Thomas de Quincey
Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally, so far as is known,… — Frederick Soddy
The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make this transition, art… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We built a foundation called the 3HO Foundation: a Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization of people. The first song I sang was, "We are the people,… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real justification is not… — Charles Krauthammer
Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialists overlook by… — John Templeton
It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of… — Scott O'Grady
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while the… — Justus von Liebig
The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity,… — Francine du Plessix Gray
I am like a Rolls- Royce. I can run without an engine, purely on reputation — Shahrukh Khan
The artist's quest is to succeed in combining and balancing all compositional attributes and physical elements into those that are purely spiritual. That is the… — Edward J. Fraughton
Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know if… — William Shockley
... one of the main functions of an analogy or model is to suggest extensions of the theory by considering extensions of the analogy, since… — Mary Hesse
The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated from the turmoil… — Gerald Holton
I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to… — Albert Einstein
We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to… — George Ripley
But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which… — John Calvin

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