Workings Quotes

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The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself… — John Polkinghorne
Premature as the question may be, it is hardly possible not to wonder whether we will find any answer to our deepest questions, any signs… — Steven Weinberg
Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results. — Laozi
The voice of a whole people goes up in the silent workings of an institution. — Harriet Martineau
In todayâ€™s vastly expanded scientific enterprise, obsessed with impact factors and competition, we will need much more night science to unveil the many mysteries that… — Francois Jacob
The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what… — Owen D. Young
The Internet is a bright spot for our struggling economy and functioning just fine without what amounts to a federal pat-down of the inner workings… — Mary Bono
Mistrust is the fuel for so much mental pain, so many mental disorders. I am not talking here about the suspicions we sometimes have of… — Lauren Slater
The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small Are close-knot strands of an unbroken thread There love ennobles all.… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
CONTEMPLATE THE workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as… — Morihei Ueshiba
We are slaves of what we don't know;of what we know we are masters.Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discoverand understand its cause and… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as… — Watchman Nee
To be one of God's lilies means an interior abandonment of the rarest kind. It means that we are to be infinitely passive, and yet… — Hannah Whitall Smith
Maybe all wondrous books appear in our lives the way Miloâ€™s tollbooth appears, an inexplicable gift, cast up by some curious chance that comes to… — Michael Chabon
The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects. Compare that to a steam engine,… — Scott Westerfeld
Many of us know more about the workings of our car than we do the reproductive cycle. — Jeannine Parvati Baker
Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn't come from… — Pema Chodron
If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working… — Gottfried Leibniz
...works of piety and charity... are necessary in this present life for as long as inequality prevails. Their workings here would not be required were… — John Cassian

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