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«The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.»
Author: Cyrano De Bergerac
| About:
Arrogance,
Nature
| Keywords:
afire, apples, arrogance, cabbages, conceivable, human head, insufferable, ripen, set afire, solely
«Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think»
«Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.»
«The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work.»
Author: John von Neumann
(Mathematician)
| Keywords:
interpret, interpretations, mainly, phenomena, sciences, solely
«The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individua»
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
as such, collective, divine law, externally, extrinsic, imposed, natural laws, obeys, recognized, solely
«The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.»
Author: Russell Baker
(Columnist, Journalist)
| About:
Writers
| Keywords:
notion, rested, solely, suspicion
«The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| Keywords:
consuming, deliberately, describe, immature, searching, self-sufficiency, solely, some other, sufficiency, this method
«Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize that and seek to find a new spirit. We have lost the sight of this ideal because we are solely occupied with thoughts of men instead of remembering th»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Civilization,
Feelings,
Mankind,
Spirit
| Keywords:
humane, insufficiently, lacks, occupied, remembering, solely
«The inspiring talker produces zeal, whose intensity depends not on the rationality of what is said or the goodness of the cause that is being advocated, but solely on the propagandist's skill in using words in an exciting way»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| Keywords:
advocated, inspiring, intensity, propagandist, propagandists, rationality, solely, talker, zeal
«The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to speak out the most hidden and intimate things.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
be intimate, compelling, faculty, hidden, Hidden Things, intimate, intimates, intimate with, intimating, rests, solely
