Sought Quotes

648 Sought quotes by 518 unique authors

Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates how the belief… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We must beware of one who is in a passion against us as of one who has once sought our life; for the fact that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory… — Arthur Keith
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright! — Robert Burns
The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the state, by its marriage… — Anthony Kennedy
Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt a favorite science,… — James Dwight Dana
Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you… — Marcus Aurelius
For this knowledge of right living, we have sought a new name... . As theology is the science of religious life, and biology the science… — Ellen Swallow Richards
My life is simple, my food is plain, and my quarters are uncluttered. In all things, I have sought clarity. I face the troubles and… — Yi Sun-sin
The secret of the receptive Must be sought in stillness; Within stillness there remains The potential for action. — Sun Bu'er
While it is never safe to affirm that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more astonishing than those of the… — Robert S. Mulliken
To explain new phenomena, that is my task; and how happy is the scientist when he finds what he so diligently sought, a pleasure that… — Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Advice is like rain that soaks everything without being sought. — Unknown Author
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will… — Sun Tzu
Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a by-product of active… — Sidney Jourard
It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these… — Peter Cosgrove
We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process… — Henry A. Kissinger
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough… — Thomas Merton
And I offer you this parable: Not a few who sought to cast out their devil entered into the swine themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
But the involuntary tricks of memory and the voluntary ones of imagination make always such terrible havoc of facts that truth, be it ever so… — Unknown Author

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