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«Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.»
Author: Amos Bronson Alcott
(Philosopher, Teacher)
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animate, animates, center, embraces, notion, ornament
«Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion»
«Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
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abysses, humbly, notion, preconceived, preconceived notion, sit down
«Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.»
Author: Wilma Rudolph
(Runner)
| About:
Dreams,
Potential
| Keywords:
all the same, greatness, Human potential, influence, notion, potential, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating
«Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.»
«I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs»
«Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
| About:
Charity,
Peace
| Keywords:
charity, directly, indirectly, in so far, notion, removes
«The main difference between us, Buddhism and other philosophies, is that we do not accept the notion of a living god, but rather that we are responsible for our future happiness.»
Author: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
Buddhism, main, notion, philosophies, responsible for
«The Day of Judgment is an important notion: but that Day is always with us»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, notion