Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by laying a groundwork of 'common hatred".
David PietruszaTags: hatred logic motivation
World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.
Eliezer YudkowskyTags: logic euphemism optimisation
Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one
Ludwig WittgensteinTags: philosophy logic
Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life; thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices and audible burning bushes. Today he occasionally appears on a piece of toast. To state that God has become reclusive over the years would be an overwhelming understatement.
Trevor TreharneTags: science reason philosophy god atheism logic atheist
You may only get this one life – but lived free of submissive reverence – that is still a thing of rampant beauty.
Trevor TreharneTags: science reason god religion atheism logic atheist
The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.
Alexander TherouxThere was no logic or any sense of purpose except that I knew I had to do something other than what I was doing, or I might not make it through this.
J.A. RedmerskiTags: life purpose death logic the-edge-of-never j-a-redmerski
Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.
Melika Dannese HickTags: hypocrisy logic character reputation corcitura eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux sorina-boroi
There's no point in saving the world if it means losing the moon.
Tom RobbinsThere is a circularity here I do not doubt. I am defending the Bible by the Bible. Circularity of a kind is unavoidable when one seeks to defend an ultimate standard of truth, for one's defense must itself be accountable to that standard.
John M. FrameTags: truth christianity religion logic authority the-bible
« first previous
Page 19 of 27.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.