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philosophy men fleeting
Charles Stanley Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.
philosophy simple christianity
Charles Spurgeon We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel.
philosophy flower eagles
Alan Watts As a human being it is just my nature to enjoy and share philosophy. I do this in the same way that some birds are eagles and some doves, some flowers lilies and some roses.
philosophy latin mean
Alan Watts In Hindu philosophy the whole creation is regarded as the Vishnu Lila, the play of Vishnu. Lila means dance or play. Also in Hindu philosophy, they call the world illusion; and in Latin the root of the word illusion is ludere, to play.
philosophy positive-thinking men
Alan Watts The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist, and a bad one at that, since he has given no thought to his position.
philosophy book way
Alan Bennett ... Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy.
philosophy believe past
Alan Arkin I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy - and modern science agree that time is an illusion. If that's true, there's no such thing as a past or a future - it's all one huge now. So what you fix now affects the past and the future.
philosophy people fiction
Al Sharpton I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.
past influence vain
Charles Dickens It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.
past political reform
Charles Caleb Colton Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come.
past men miracle
Charles Caleb Colton There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
past water people
Charles Dickens "People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide."
past years tvs
Charles Stross My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema).
past years judging
Charles Spurgeon It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago.
past giving video
Alanis Morissette Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune.
past puppets driven
Alan Watts We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us.
past dangerous-situations risk
Alan Watts The world is in an extremely dangerous situation, and serious diseases often require the risk of a dangerous cure like the Pasteur serum for rabies.
college acting becoming
Ben Stiller I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn't going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.
college expression president
Barney Frank For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is a very unfortunate expression of insensitivity.
college ideas ghana
Ato Essandoh My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.
college degrees cost
Arne Duncan The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.
college pay used
Arne Duncan Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.
college encourage further research rich students time
Peter Hoffman We always encourage our students to get as much research time as they can. That's very important to further their career. It will give them more of a rich college experience.
college thinking skills
Derek Bok Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.
college purpose information
Derek Bok The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.
college parent path
Denise Juneau My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.