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 am a little old fashioned, and I love to have my scripts printed out. There is something magical about feeling the paper, making notes and page marks.
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If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
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I'm a messenger. I'm one piece of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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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.
