Universal Quotes

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The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of… — Giambattista Vico
We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements. — Alfred de Vigny
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. — William Arthur Ward
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which… — Josiah Warren
I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of… — Simone Weil
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been… — Ida B. Wells
Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up. — Rainn Wilson
Seasonal changes, as it were, take place in history, when there is practically an almost universal death, a falling of the foliage of the tree… — George Edward Woodberry
Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place. — Judith Wright
By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was done. Just as… — Rob Zombie
The basic principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ are simple, and they are universal. Faith in the Savior is the same in Boston as… — David A. Bednar
[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not. — C.S. Lewis
So you didnâ€™t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .â€ â€œBecause experience is the only teacher,â€… — Chris Crutcher
Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal deafness… — Milan Kundera
the deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life. — Emile M. Cioran
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. — Paulo Coelho
Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And… — Aldous Huxley
Basic characteristics of an individual organism: to divide, to unite, to merge into the universal, to abide in the particular, to transform itself, to define… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter...… — John Burroughs

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