Workings Quotes

147 quotes by 135 authors

Again and again we need to appreciate the subtle workings of the teachings and the practice, and even when there is no extraordinary, dramatic change,… — Sogyal Rinpoche
It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature.... This conquering of the inner man, understanding… — Swami Vivekananda
Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects. — Confucius
Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation… — Ruth First
The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories, workings by scientists, plans to develop long range ballistic… — Tony Blair
Rowing against the tide is hard and uncertain. To go with the tide and thus take advantage of the workings of the great natural force… — Ralph Waldo Trine
I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you. — Vincent de Paul
The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption… — John Bunyan
In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began… — Nikola Tesla
Music therapy, to me, is music performance without the ego. It's not about entertainment as much as its about empathizing. If you can use music… — Jodi Picoult
Did you ever notice how many survivors they have? Did you ever notice that? Everybody - every time you turn around, 15,000 survivors meet here,… — David Duke
Some economists became obsessed with market efficiency and others with market failure. Generally held to be members of opposite schools-freshwater and saltwater, Chicago and Cambridge,… — George Gilder
Is cruelty a moral judgment if it is fundamental to forms of life? Who is man to say that the workings of nature, and therefore… — Charles Lindbergh
A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his… — B.F. Skinner
For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with one or another… — Thomas Carlyle
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and… — Gregory Bateson
In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the… — Breyten Breytenbach
Science is not, as so many seem to think, something apart, which has to do with telescopes, retorts, and test-tubes, and especially with nasty smells,… — Archibald Garrod
He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds,… — Paramahansa Yogananda

Who Wrote These Workings Quotes

135 authors contributed a total of 147 Workings Quotes, led by these top contributors: