Western Quotes

1229 Western quotes by 890 unique authors

At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and all society, groups,… — Robert Kennedy
Western science is a product of the Apollonian mind: its hope is that by naming and classification, by the cold light of intellect, archaic night… — Camille Paglia
Srinivasa Ramanujan was the strangest man in all of mathematics, probably in the entire history of science. He has been compared to a bursting supernova,… — Michio Kaku
I believe in free will. Of those that, like us, are in a privileged situation at least. For you, for me: people who are living… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In contemplating the pecuniary resources needed for the removal of such a number to so great a distance [freed slaves to Africa], my thoughts and… — James Madison
Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today, these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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
But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these… — Amartya Sen
Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses. — Hector Hugh Munro
In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill. — Peter Drucker
We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities. — Ruhollah Khomeini
If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they may pass on to Western… — Muhammad Asad
History down through the centuries has proved again and again that there can be but one outcome to a struggle for selfish power against forces… — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.
The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees,… — Walter Scott
I hope I have found myself, my work, my happiness - under the light of the western skies. — Zane Grey
Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days,… — Lee Child
If Russia is to be a great power, it will be, not because of its nuclear potential, faith in God or the president, or Western… — Unknown Author
Every time someone ends a prayer in the Western world they say Amen - that is the name of an Egyptian god associated with completion.… — Whitley Strieber
Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies. — Theodore L. Cuyler
I share the belief of many of my contemporaries that the spiritual crisis pervading all spheres of Western industrial society can be remedied only by… — Albert Hofmann
The idea of the universe as an interconnected whole is not new; for millennia it's been one of the core assumptions of Eastern philosophies. What… — Dean Radin
[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
They are constantly trying to drive us into a corner because we have an independent position, because we maintain it and because we tell it… — Vladimir Putin
Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic front. I would… — Vladimir Putin

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