Rests Quotes

452 quotes by 365 authors

It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive a view of… — Paul Feyerabend
Success rests with having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then… — George A. Sheehan
My attempts to demonstrate evolution by an experiment carried on for more than 40 years have completely failed.....It is not even possible to make a… — Nils Heribert-Nilsson
Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or… — Herbert
The modern university does not exist to teach alone...It exists also to serve the democracy of which it is a product and an ornament...The university… — Nicholas Murray Butler
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Majority rule rests on numbers; democracy rests on the well-grounded assumption that society is neither a collection of units nor an organism but a network… — Mary Parker Follett
With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. — Mahatma Gandhi
You made us for yourself, Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. In this creative restlessness beats and pulsates what is… — Pope John Paul II
Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands and… — Jonathan Sacks
The responsibility which rests upon man is proportional to the ability which he possesses and the opportunity which he faces. Perhaps that responsibility is no… — Unknown Author
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's… — Edward Teller
It is my view that our society can be no more stable than the foundation of individual family units upon which it rests. Our government,… — James Dobson
There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the authoritative origin and… — James Madison
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights,… — Ronald Reagan
The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain… — Thomas Jefferson
The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in… — William J. Brennan
Whatever peace I know rests in the natural world, in feeling myself a part of it, even in a small way. — May Sarton
Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him. — Unknown Author
Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth. — Nicolas Chamfort

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