Foundation Quotes - Page 8

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?

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.

To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number forms, according to Jung, that particular element that unites the realms of matter and psyche. It is "real" in a double sense, as an archetypal image and as a qualitative manifestation in the realm of outer-world experience.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy.

Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.]

Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.

Ronnie's new nickname is IFF. The I'm F*%ked Foundation. He's a client and the president!

The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.

With the exception of the geometrical series, there does not exist in all of mathematics a single infinite series the sum of which has been rigorously determined. In other words, the things which are the most important in mathematics are also those which have the least foundation.

They [free market policies] were never based on solid empirical and theoretical foundations, and even as many of these policies were being pushed, academic economists were explaining the limitations of markets for instance, whenever information is imperfect, which is to say always.

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.

A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put in this position by a letter from Mr. Bertrand Russell when the work was nearly through the press.

By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides the foundation for the continuous development of chess mastery.

I’ ve always been a fan of the basics. After you have a good solid foundation of Jiu-Jitsu, the rest comes by instinct. You create, invent. The rest is easy. The difficult part is the beginning.

What are we when there is no one doing anything, no one attaining anything, no place to go? There is no place to go. The whole foundation is already here in each one of us. It is the same in all of us. There is only one foundation, which is presence, wholeness, boundless love.

Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.

The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.

We say knowledge is the basic foundation of the universe. Everything is first based on something being known.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.

Genes and family may determine the foundation of the house, but time and place determine its form.

If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble.

If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.