Quotes by Principles Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for, as I must repeat once again, the first principle of all action is leisure. Both are required, but leisure is better than occupation and is its end. Aristotle principles use education Laws, when good, should be supreme; and that the magistrate or magistrates should regulate those matters only on which the laws are unable to speak with precision owing to the difficulty of any general principle embracing all particulars. Aristotle principles law justice [the virtues] cannot exist without Prudence. A proof of this is that everyone, even at the present day, in defining Virtue, after saying what disposition it is [i.e. moral virtue] and specifying the things with which it is concerned, adds that it is a disposition determined by the right principle; and the right principle is the principle determined by Prudence. Aristotle defining principles add The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp, for they are farthest removed from the senses. Aristotle ignorance principles men That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own day this principle is universally neglected. The best laws, though sanctioned by every citizen of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution. Aristotle government principles law The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own. Aristotle proportion principles men ...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest. Aristotle words-of-wisdom movement principles ... There must then be a principle of such a kind that its substance is activity. Aristotle words-of-wisdom substance principles ...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence. Aristotle ethics moral principles It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course, an observation can shatter the frame and force the construction of a new one, but that is extremely rare. Galileos and Einsteins seldom appear more than once per century, which is just as well for the equanimity of mankind. Arthur C. Clarke principles believe facts A moral principle in genetic testing is that it should always be done with the consent of the individual. No one wants someone snooping into his DNA. Arthur Caplan dna done principles So much the worse, it may be, for a particular meeting: but the meeting is the individual, which on evolution principles, must be sacrificed for the development of the race. Arthur Cayley development principles race I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them. Arthur Conan Doyle violence principles should-have Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through. Arthur Conan Doyle eye principles thinking The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. Arthur Koestler carpe-diem principles perfection The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers. Arthur Koestler political principles mean Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery. Arthur Machen finals branches principles Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all priests. Arthur Middleton times-have-changed principles inspiration I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding. Arthur Miller accepted results principles Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. Arthur Miller crucible principles may «56789101112131415»
