Quotes by Principles We are now going through a period of demolition. In morals, in social life, in politics, in medicine, and in religion there is a universal upturning of foundations. But the day of reconstruction seems to be looming, and now the grand question is: Are there any sure and universal principles that will evolve a harmonious system in which we shall all agree? Catharine Beecher foundationmedicineprinciples Here is the principle - adapt your measures to the necessity of the people to whom you minister. You are to take the Gospel to them in such modes and circumstances as will gain for it from them a hearing. Catherine Booth hearingprinciplespeople 'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society. Catherine Wilson ancientpoliticalprinciples On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser. Cecil Beaton gummixingprinciples The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. Cesar Chavez principleshumanitypeace For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles. Charles Babbage principlesblessedscience That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. Charles Babbage influenceprinciplescountry Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work. Charles Babbage divisionimportantprinciples Confide not in the firmness of your principles, or the steadfastness of your integrity. Be always vigilant and fearful. Never think you have enough of knowledge, and let not your caution slumber for a moment, for you know not when danger is near. Charles Brockden Brown principlesintegritythinking Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice. Charles Caleb Colton vicesignoranceprinciples As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form. Charles Darwin strongprinciplesstruggle A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour. Charles Darwin principlesjusticemen ... if variations useful to any organic being do occur, assuredly individuals thus characterized will have the best chance of being perserved in the struggle for life; and from the strong principle of inheritance they will tend to produce offsping similarly characterized. This principle of preservation, I have called, for the sake of brevity, Natural Selection. Charles Darwin strongprinciplesstruggle I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense. Charles Darwin principlesenoughmen I must begin with a good body of facts and not from a principle (in which I always suspect some fallacy) and then as much deduction as you please. Charles Darwin bodyprinciplesfacts I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts. Charles Darwin principlessciencefacts The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. Charles Dickens bleak-houseprincipleslaw Miss Mills replied, on general principles, that the Cottage of content was better than the Palace of cold splendour, and that where love was, all was. Charles Dickens principlesmissinglove The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. Charles Dickens bleak-houseprincipleslaw When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty. Charles Evans Hughes icyprincipleslaw«1314151617181920212223»
