Upon One Quotes

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No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one… — Swami Vivekananda
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still… — Euripides
The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. — George Henry Lewes
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there… — Thomas Jefferson
'Normal science' means research firmly based upon one or more past scientific achievements, achievements that some particular scientific community acknowledges for a time as supplying… — Thomas Kuhn
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from… — Edward Sapir
The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain… — Sigmund Freud
Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided… — James Madison
A philosophy of the history of the human race, worthy of its name, must begin with the heavens and descend to the earth, must be… — Friedrich Ratzel
To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon… — Leonard Peltier
Sublime in the highest style of intellectual beauty, intellect without effort, without suffering... not a feature is correct â€“ but the whole effect is more… — Florence Nightingale
Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness… — Sigmund Freud
Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. He… — Benjamin Tucker
He who attempts to control another is a governor, an aggressor, an invader; and the nature of such invasion is not changed, whether it is… — Benjamin Tucker
It science involves an intelligent and persistent endeavor to revise current beliefs so as to weed out what is erroneous, to add to their accuracy,… — John Dewey
The world is not yet finished, but everyone is behaving as if everything was known. This is not true. In fact, the computer world as… — Ted Nelson
It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our… — Hosea Ballou
A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper the resulting effect… — Mark Twain
Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a few demagogues encouraging… — Paolo Bacigalupi
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he,… — Plutarch

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