Blaise Pascal Quotes
There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.
Quotes to Explore
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Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
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I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.
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I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.
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Im not revolted by Washington.
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I am just beginning to be more comfortable with my identity.
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I'm surprised that people think they're important. To me they're not.
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Nobody is talking about the different - until you raised the issue.
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This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.
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I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
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Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise.
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We are always remaking history. Our memory is always an interpretive reconstruction of the past, so is perspective.
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To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by force. It has been the male who enforces order, who constructs power structures, who makes, enforces, and breaks laws.
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I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we underestimate our power when we restrict it to just our military power. We shortchange our influence and our ability to shape events when that's the only tool we think we have in the toolbox.
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This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class.
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Perfection is a disease of a nation.
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Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things .... it's not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza.
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The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus and a chair that's not obtained from Craigslist that keeps poking into his back.
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I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.
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It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.
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[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views had in nineteenth century Reformed thought, in the USA and the UK in particular, is enormous.
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Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss.
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There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.
