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Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature.… — Bertrand Russell
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is like the religious… — Gerhard Richter
Theory has nothing to do with a work of art. Pictures which are interpretable, and which contain a meaning, are bad pictures. A picture presents… — Gerhard Richter
Perhaps we can only truly serve those we are willing to touch, not only with our hands but with our hearts and even our souls.… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him;… — Sun Tzu
You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where,… — Robin Williams
Please, don't worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting. — Robin Williams
Time - the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of. — Gary Vaynerchuk
Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds. — Stephen Vincent Benet
Each of the world religions has its own particular genius, its own special insight into the nature and requirements of compassion, and has something unique… — Karen Armstrong
We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that… — Spike Lee
The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way more… — Susan Sontag
From music and dance to painting and sculpting, the arts allow us to explore new worlds and to view life from another perspective. They also… — George W. Bush
The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One… — Henri Matisse
There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive… — Michael Pollan
Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin,… — Barack Obama
Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has to be cultivated. Humanism is… — Karen Armstrong
In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation taste-blind. — M.F.K. Fisher
But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin gourmets. There is,… — J. B. Priestley
There are may of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard not to agree that we… — M.F.K. Fisher
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
That which you or I think is most unique about ourselves we hide. In ordinary discourse, in the normal state, we share our common self,… — Robert E. Quinn
What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that… — Alice Miller

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