Universal Quotes

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Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it. — Mary Ritter Beard
Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief… — David Hume
For knowing is spoken of in three ways: it may be either universal knowledge or knowledge proper to the matter in hand or actualising such… — Aristotle
Living should be perpetual and universal benediction. — Wei Wu Wei
A universal love is not only psychologically possible; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
You ought to love all mankind; nay, every individual of mankind. You ought not to love the individuals of your domestic circles less, but to… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health,… — George Bernard Shaw
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. — Frank Capra
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps… — Mark Twain
That is a true sentiment which makes us feel that we do not love our country less, but more, because we have laid up in… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind. To do so… — Wangari Maathai
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the possibility… — Simone Weil
For quite a while I have set for myself the rule if a theoretician says 'universal' it just means pure nonsense. — Wolfgang Pauli
A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of State; not only… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and… — Robert Owen
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and… — Pope John XXIII
In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering is less intense.… — Dalai Lama
In many shamanic societies, people who complain of being disheartened... or depressed would be asked,... When did you stop dancing? ... This is because dancing… — Gabrielle Roth

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