Best Source Quotes

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.

Religion is based … mainly upon fear … fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.

To be right is dangerous, it has ever been the source of all intolerance.

Architecture is man’sgreat sense of himself embodied in a world of his own making. It may rise as high in quality only as its source because great art is great life.

Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

Travel is in sad case. It is uncomfortable, it is expensive; it is a source of annoyance to our friends, and of loneliness to ourselves.

By being peaceful, quiet, and receptive, you pattern yourself in the image of God, and you regain the power of your Source.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

It is not clear to anyone, least of all the practitioners, how science and technology in their headlong course do or should influence ethics and law, education and government, art and social philosophy, religion and the life of the affections. Yet science is an all-pervasive energy, for it is at once a mode of thought, a source of strong emotion, and a faith as fanatical as any in history.

An underpaid man is a customer reduced in purchasing power. He cannot buy. Business depression is caused by weakened purchasing power. Purchasing power is weakened by uncertainty or insufficiency of income. The cure of business depression is through purchasing power, and the source of purchasing power is wages.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don’t understand it.

Chocolate is an extraordinary source of key stress-fighting minerals including: magnesium, iron, chromium, vanadium, copper, zinc, manganese, and phosphorus. These minerals favorably influence a woman’s hormone system, which explains why chocolate has always been considered important for a woman’s monthly cycle.

Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil.

Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and has tried to destroy. Through stars like Taylor, we sense the world-disordering impact of legendary women like Delilah, Salome, and Helen of Troy. Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary clich?. But the femme fatale expresses women’s ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm. The specter of the femme fatale stalks all men’s relations with women.

If the workers of this world, men and women, decide not to manufacture and transport ammunition, it would end war for all time. We must do that. Dedicate our lives to drying up the source of war; ammunition factories.

No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery – the source of truth.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

Language is the source of misunderstandings.

We are not these bodies; we’re neither our accomplishments nor our possessions—we are all one with the Source of all being, which is God.

We must dedicate our lives to drying up the source of war: ammunition factories.

Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have the other know-but can not and feels isolated. Then come gestures, words, awkward explanations and material symbols for imponderable outbursts of feeling-and the soul despairs.

When it comes to idiots, America’s got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would be a source that would never run out.

I personally have always found the Unitarian faith a source of comfort and help in my daily life.

My greatest inspiration had come from messages delivered through spirit sources, who seemed to guide my every step.

I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It’s the right way to do things.

Sketching is a continuing source of learning rather than a string of performances.

It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.

Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest and inclination could start up companies around it.