Unconnected Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

Wisdom is not just knowing fundamental truths, if these are unconnected with the guidance of life or with a perspective on its meaning. If the… — Robert Nozick
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter]… — John Silber
Purusha is the; great attraction of the universe; though untouched by and unconnected with the universe, yet it attracts the whole; universe. — Swami Vivekananda
The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by… — Walter Pater
Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree… — Thomas Jefferson
Socrates ... is the first philosopher of life [Lebensphilosoph], ... Thinking serves life, while among all previous philosophers life had served thought and knowledge. ...… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any… — Jane Austen
Connection" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous. ...I don't doubt that instant communication has been good… — Paul Theroux
People think that alien spaceships would be solid and made of metal and have lights all over them and move slowly through the sky because… — Mark Haddon
Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied, emotions unconnected with… — Bertrand Russell
I was amazed as people must be who are seized and kidnapped, and who realize that in the strange world of their captors they have… — Alice Munro
Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the… — Stephen Hawking
These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection… — Epictetus
I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And we remain stories.… — Charles de Lint
Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await the… — Pope Francis
I try to operate on two unconnected levels. One on the practical level of action in which I am extremely cautious and conservative. The second… — Tony Benn
A main part of the struggle of art has been to make an art that is direct, simple, humane, unconnected with powers that be in… — Robert Motherwell

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