Universal Quotes

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The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air. — Kenneth R. Miller
Isn't food important? Why not "universal food coverage"? If politicians and employers had guaranteed us "free" food 50 years ago, today Democrats would be wailing… — Ann Coulter
A person is quite different from a tree or rock or stream. By introducing the nude into my pictures, I started perceiving all the things… — Wynn Bullock
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel… — Ruth Bernhard
When consciousness has no thoughts in it, one can experience spirit and live in harmony with the universal forces. — Alan Finger
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort,… — Dalai Lama
We are reviewing our experience to enable us to respond to the cultural challenge: to help countries, communities and individuals interpret universal principles, translate them… — Thoraya Obaid
The challenge for UNFPA is to help countries as we always have with no agenda of our own; with sensitivity towards unique cultural values; with… — Thoraya Obaid
I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must all… — Dalai Lama
Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs. — Dalai Lama
We live at the threshold of a universal recognition that the human being is not mere matter, but a potent, energetic field of consciousness. Modalities… — Michael Beckwith
This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a delight… — Jane Grigson
Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic [i.e., universal] church. It… — Ignatius of Antioch
The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals. — Guru Nanak
There is a fundamental spiritual quality to gratitude that transcends religious traditions. Gratitude is a universal human experience that can seem to be either a… — Angeles Arrien
Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of the legal system,… — Thane Rosenbaum
The desire for love is universal but that has never meant itâ€™s worthy of respect. Itâ€™s not admirable to want love, it just is. — Rachel Kushner
Anguish is the universal language — Alice Fulton
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or… — William Ames
American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be technicians rather than… — Camille Paglia

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