Whereas Quotes
1000 Whereas quotes by 809 unique authors
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For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right quantity…
— Aristotle
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But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.
— Adi Shankara
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It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit…
— Hannah Arendt
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When you came into this world you cried, whereas everyone else rejoiced. During your lifetime, work and serve in such a way that when it…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.
— James C. Collins
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We live in an age of publicity and hype. There's something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.
— Norman Jewison
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Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be found. The reason…
— Aristotle
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Evolution occurs in the world of time and space and form, whereas Spirit's primordial nature is finally timeless and Formless, prior to the of evolution…
— Ken Wilber
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By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination produces…
— Emanuel Lasker
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In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas…
— Paul Scott
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With music, you can create instant trust with an audience. You can hear three notes, and you surrender to it, whereas it takes you about…
— George C. Wolfe
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The scientist states that pressure is exerted outwards in all directions equally, whereas natural pressure (e.g. air pressure) is exerted inwards from all directions equally.
— Viktor Schauberger
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When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.
— Barbet Schroeder
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The difference between a great soul and an ordinary man is this: the latter weeps while leaving this body, whereas the former laughs. Death seems…
— Sarada Devi
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Much attention has been focused on the MMR shot itself, whereas in all probability it is a combination of the three factors listed above: the…
— Bernard Rimland
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When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with…
— Norman MacCaig
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I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.
— Christopher Eccleston
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Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.
— Marilyn Horne
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Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the ratio…
— John M. Gottman
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An interesting difference between new and experienced stage managers is that the new stage manager thinks of running the show as the most difficult and…
— Laurence Sterne
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A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in…
— Huston Smith
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Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter,…
— Lord Chesterfield
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The man who begins to speculate in stocks with the intention of making a fortune usually goes broke, whereas the man who trades with a…
— Charles Dow
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The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass ... What is implied in these nuances of social standing…
— Mary McCarthy
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An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But an elephant can…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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