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wisdom understanding intuition
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
wisdom blessed power
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. Arthur Koestler
wisdom power men
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
wisdom men lips
Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak. Carl Sandburg
wisdom giving forever
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom grief yawning
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. C. S. Lewis
wisdom science discovery
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
wisdom believe heart
What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace. Dean Koontz
funds mean shown socially universe
As a group, the funds have shown that you can do about as well in a screened universe as in a non-screened universe. But that doesn't mean all socially screened funds are good. Emily Hall
fund gave issue seemed speech third
Back when I gave that speech in March, some of my hedge fund friends thought it would be a big issue by the third quarter. But here we are, it's July, and it just hasn't seemed to register. David Hale
fund money sure taken
Often, money is taken out of that fund for other projects. I'll make sure that stops. Tim Kaine
fun goals good hard played proud reward win
Any win is a good thing for us. This was one of the goals we set, this is something we wanted to accomplish. I'm proud of the kids, they played well and it's fun to see the reward of their hard work. Cathy Nixon
fund injury number second seems small
The Second Injury Fund seems to be advantageous to a very small number of people. Joe Jones
funny people seen
Sometimes people think they know you and they go, 'Hey!' and then they realize that they've just seen you on the television. That's kind of funny sometimes. Maisie Williams
funding university
Scholarship funding doesn't come from the state, it doesn't come from university coffers. Richard Mann
fun tried
I've tried other jobs, ... But I am having too much fun. Kevin Taylor
fun mark points pressure record
It would be fun to be the first to set the record of 2000 points to mark the new millenium, but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself. Hermann Maier
ignorance giving advice
Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices. Benito Mussolini
ignorance circles drawing
So long as we continued to attach more importance to our own narrow group membership than to the 'global village' we would propagate prejudice and ignorance. There was absolutely no harm in being part of a small group - indeed, with our hunter-gatherer band mentality it gave comfort, provided us with an inner circle of friends who could be utterly trusted, who were absolutely reliable. It helped give us peace of mind. The danger came only from drawing that sharp line, digging that ditch, laying that minefield, between our own group and any other group that thought differently. Jane Goodall
ignorance rights law
Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution and the law. While there may be those of high intelligence who violate the law at times, the barbarian and the defective always violate it. Those who disregard the rules of society are not exhibiting a superior intelligence, are not promoting freedom and independence, are not following the path of civilization, but are displaying the traits of ignorance, of servitude, of savagery, and treading the way that leads back to the jungle. Calvin Coolidge
ignorance media television
These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television, but more subtly the written press, are quite spectacular powers of unreason and ignorance. Alain Badiou
ignorance law profound
Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life! Charles Darwin
ignorance numbers issues
The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is not a biological issue. People are not increasing in numbers out of stupidity and ignorance. Population growth is an ecological phenomenon linked very intimately to other issues, such as the usurpation of the resources which allow people to live. Vandana Shiva
ignorance past iron
The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss. Jared Diamond
ignorance hands evil
She sits before me, sullen but hopeful, characterless, about to dissolve into tears. I squeeze her hand back, moved, no, touched by her ignorance of evil. She has one more test to pass. Do you own a briefcase?” I ask her, swallowing. Bret Easton Ellis
ignorance vanity causes
The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy. Blaise Pascal