Tendencies Quotes

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Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which… — George Washington
We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew how to use them. We… — Marianne Williamson
This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness — Charles R. Swindoll
Warm water rebirthing has a tendency to regress people to birth memories and prenatal states of consciousness. — Leonard Orr
People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough. — Stuart Briscoe
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental… — Brian Eno
The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed… — Unknown Author
It is important to do what you don't know how to do. It is important to see your skills as keeping you from learning what… — Carlos Castaneda
For chemistry is no science form'd Ã priori; 'tis no production of the human mind, framed by reasoning and deduction: it took its rise from… — Herman Boerhaave
... [I]nfectious disease is merely a disagreeable instance of a widely prevalent tendency of all living creatures to save themselves the bother of building, by… — Hans Zinsser
Science itself is badly in need of integration and unification. The tendency is more and more the other way ... Only the graduate student, poor… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes. — Arthur Schopenhauer
So far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life,-sensation,-instinct,-the intelligence of the higher mammalia bordering… — Charles Lyell
Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of… — Ellsworth Huntington
We should learn to understand natural selection, so that we can oppose any tendency to apply it to human politics. — Richard Dawkins
Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people. — Henry Ward Beecher
Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness… — Benjamin Franklin
Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one… — Benjamin Franklin
No matter what circumstances you sisters experience, your influence can be marvelously far-reaching. I believe some of you have a tendency to underestimate your profound… — James E. Faust
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just… — James Madison

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