Relation Quotes

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It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties. — Hassanal Bolkiah
But I think the most harmful change brought about by Victorian science in our attitude to nature lies in the demand that our relation with… — John Fowles
Things in which we do not take joy are either a burden upon our minds to be got rid of at any cost; or they… — Rabindranath Tagore
And new philosophy calls all in doubt, The element of fire is quite put out; The sun is lost, and the earth, and no man's… — John Donne
Laws and systems of polity always begin by recognizing the relations they find already existing between individuals. — John Stuart Mill
It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect. — Jacob Bigelow
Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their linkage: these are syntagmatic relations,… — Ferdinand de Saussure
The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo
We don't have to have blood relations in order to be brothers and sisters. Flesh and blood, those are just things that we're made of.… — Kim Da-hyun
Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge to… — G I Gurdjieff
Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He… — Edmund Burke
Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to… — John Crowe Ransom
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. — Omar Bongo
History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all. — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Kindness works simply and perseveringly; it produces no strained relations which prejudice its working; strained relations which already exist it relaxes. Mistrust and misunderstanding it… — Albert Schweitzer
Very much of what we call the progress of today consists in getting rid of false ideas, false conceptions of things, and in taking a… — William D. Hoard
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in… — Bertolt Brecht
We try to place the human body in relation to the image all the time, so it's never a kind of a backdrop, but it's… — Simon McBurney
"It is essential to understand this point thoroughly: that the thing-in-itself, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, is not only unknowable-it does not exist. This is… — Alan Watts

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