Principles Quotes - Page 5

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

In principle, I am against principles.

The success of everything depends on intuition, the capacity of seeing things in a way which afterwards proves to be true, even though it cannot be established at the moment, and of grasping the essential fact, discarding the unessential, even though one can give no account of the principles by which this is done.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth.

Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.

Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which all events are in principle accessible to scientific investigation.

A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is a great mistake in principle. When the word 'containment' was used in my 'X' article, it was used with relation to a certain situation then prevailing, and as a response to it.

It's the picnic principle. Things taste better outdoors. And if it's a forbidden thing, so much the better.

Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Hope consists in asserting that there is at the heart of being, beyond all data, beyond all inventories and all calculations, a mysterious principle which is in connivance with me

You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness or slowness, but the employment of a basic endgame principle which is 'Do not hurry'.

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.

The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles.

The conscious principle in this design has been to achieve forms that could create experiences, and that could at the same time welcome everyone's experiences with the serenity of an effortless development.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.

First, we must continually reaffirm the principle that the security of the United States is not, and should never be, a partisan matter. The United States can best defend its national security interests abroad by uniting behind a bipartisan security policy at home.