Eric Voegelin Quotes
Philosophy springs from the love of being; it is man's loving endeavor to perceive the order of being and attune himself to it. Gnosis desires dominion over being; in order to seize control of being the Gnostic constructs his system. The building of systems is a gnostic form of reasoning, not a philosophical one.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.
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The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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The most depressing part of the 2016 election is that the candidates often failed to show any cultural leadership: any recognition that the world of public policy was important but hardly the only good and necessary part of our shared society.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
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There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
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I love India.
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These are the moments. These are the moments where you realize love is everywhere if you look closely. When you realize happiness isn't next weekend, and it's not last week, it's right now. That was one of the best nights of my life. It felt good to know purpose. I lay in my bunk and I think of all the stories I'm in. I think about all the stories that are in my story. I think about all the stories that are left to be written. And it might be my favorite book yet.
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In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
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The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a bus, on a field trip. It was called 'Mystery Man,' and in retrospect, it was the beginning of my exploration of what it was like to have a man in your life, because I didn't.
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Philosophy springs from the love of being; it is man's loving endeavor to perceive the order of being and attune himself to it. Gnosis desires dominion over being; in order to seize control of being the Gnostic constructs his system. The building of systems is a gnostic form of reasoning, not a philosophical one.
