Quotes by Principles When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith. Alberto Moravia principles believe needs Most men and women lead lives at the worst so painful, at the best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape, the longing to transcend themselves if only for a few moments, is and has always been one of the principal appetites of the soul. Aldous Huxley principles soul love All that is needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look sincere. Political principles and plans for specific action have come to lose most of their importance. The personality of the candidate, the way he is projected by the advertising experts, are the things that really matter. Aldous Huxley political principles personality If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got them can pass on the contagion. Aldous Huxley moral principles people "a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" "...this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and apply the principles of their Charter" Alec Douglas-Home errors principles war There are no "standards of Right". Ethics is balderdash. Each Star must go on its own orbit. To hell with "moral principle"; there is no such thing. Aleister Crowley orbit stars principles Love is the only principle which makes life tolerable. Aleister Crowley tolerable principles love-is The greatest horrors in the history of mankind are not due to the ambition of the Napoleons or the vengeance of the Agamemnons, but to the doctrinaire philosophers. The theories of the sentimentalist Rousseau inspired the integrity of the passionless Robespierre. The cold-blooded calculations of Karl Marx led to the judicial and business-like operations of the Cheka. Aleister Crowley principles ambition integrity Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. Aleister Crowley chinese principles animal The creative principle is less about dogma and more about opening ourselves to the evolution of consciousness. Alex Grey evolution creative principles I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time. Alex Kapranos promoters income principles We're seeing that God's word and His principles do work. They may not work overnight but they are powerful and when we apply them in the way He shows us to apply them in life then we're going to see positive consequences. Alex Kendrick powerful principles may I study chess eight hours a day, on principle. Alexander Alekhine eight principles chess Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense. Alexander Hamilton principles ambition long Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant. Alexander Hamilton tyrants principles ambition Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions. Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the present debt and to avoid as much as possibly the incurring of any new debt. Alexander Hamilton government principles attention Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs Alexander Hamilton affair opinion principles Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. Alexander Hamilton survival principles self There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. Alexander Hamilton void constitution principles In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend. Alexander Hamilton kind principles firsts «1234567891011»
