Principles Quotes - Page 72

The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles.

Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

Never can a reforming sect survive if it is only reforming; the formative elements alone - the real impulse, that is, the principles - live on and on.

The world cares little for principles. They care for persons.

The Upanishads do not reveal the life of any teacher, but simply teach principles.

Through the imparting of moral principles, good behaviour, and education we must make the Chandala come up to the level of the Brahmana.

We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.

I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create — or guarantee — existence. Hence, my compulsion to make “lists.” The things (Beethoven’s music, movies, business firms) won’t exist unless I signify my interest in them by at least noting down their names. Nothing exists unless I maintain it (by my interest, or my potential interest). This is an ultimate, mostly subliminal anxiety. Hence, I must remain always, both in principle + actively, interested in everything. Taking all of knowledge as my province.

I must remain always, both in principle + actively, interested in everything. Taking all of knowledge as my province.

There's a couple of universal principles in life. One is, don't ever open a restaurant. One out of every two fails.

Rely on facts, figures, principles of equality and fairness.

I just don't identify myself with a place. I just don't get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don't have principles, constitutions. You wouldn't go to war for your town.

With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and bad.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

Natural selection is a theory of local adaptation to changing environments. It proposes no perfecting principles, no guarantee of general improvement

I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.

This is the most important principle of reading on the Internet: You must determine for yourself whether or not something is true.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

By centering our lives on timeless, unchanging principles, we create a fundamental paradigm of effective living. It is the center that puts all other centers in perspective.

Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when we ignore them. But because these principles apply to everyone, whether or not they are aware, this limitation is universal. And the more we know of correct principles, the greater is our personal freedom to act wisely.

I see myself living by correct principles and accomplishing worthy purposes. One of my favorite quotes is, "The greatest battles of life are fought out every day in the silent chambers of one's own soul." (David O. McKay).

Our problems and pain are universal and increasing, and the solutions to the problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.

When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!