We Accept Quotes
201 quotes by 170 authors
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
— John Burroughs
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All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by…
— Deepak Chopra
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The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But…
— Ed Koch
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In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and attack the challenge head on…
— Beth Anders
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If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we…
— Surya Das
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We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're…
— Brit Marling
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If we die, do not mourn for us. This is a risky business we're in, and we accept those risks. The space program is too…
— Gus Grissom
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Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need…
— Rodney Brooks
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Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane…
— George S. Patton
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We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will…
— Muhammad Yunus
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If the Church has no the authority to tell its members that they may not engage in homosexual practices, then it has no authority at…
— Orson Scott Card
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Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which…
— Stephen Covey
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A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as long as we…
— Alexander Lowen
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The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to…
— William Whewell
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Sadness, seriousness are parts of a psychologically sick man - they need causes. So when you are feeling happy, don't start asking, "Why am I…
— Rajneesh
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To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and…
— Jane Goodall
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While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the…
— Andrew Carnegie
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February 1997 - National Prayer Breakfast in Washington attended by the President and the First Lady. "What is taking place in America," she said, "is…
— Mother Teresa
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected…
— Etty Hillesum
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