Ugunsskola Quotes & Sayings

The fundamental absurdity of materialism is that it starts from the objective, and takes as the ultimate ground of explanation something objective, whether it be matter in the abstract, simply as it is thought, or after it has taken form, is empirically given - that is to say, is substance, the chemical element with its primary relations. Some such thing it takes, as existing absolutely and in itself, in order that it may evolve organic nature and finally the knowing subject from it, and explain them adequately by means of it; whereas in truth all that is objective is already determined as such in manifold ways by the knowing subject through its forms of knowing, and presupposes them; and consequently it entirely disappears if we think the subject away. Thus materialism is the attempt to explain what is immediately given us by what is given us indirectly. — Arthur Schopenhauer

In the midst of depressing care and labor I turn constantly to divine Love for guidance, and find rest. — Mary Baker Eddy

People from all over the world were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Centre. They came from many different cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu believers were killed together as they worked in the towers. — David Blunkett

You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use. — Richard C. Armitage

Door. She knocked and went in. Atticus was in bed reading. "Have a good time?" "I had a won-derful time," she said. "Atticus?" "Hm? — Harper Lee

I tried my best to ensure I kept the respect for the middleweight division in the tradition of Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake La Motta. — Marvin Hagler

I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much. — Zubin Mehta

I have to make half of my decision based on what I think my fans will appreciate, and the other half has to be for my personal reasons. — Joe Lando

In this moment there is no me, no him. Only us. One entity. One heart. One existence. — Siobhan Davis

A tear slipped from under my eyelid at Ivy's loneliness, her need for emotional reassurance, and her frustrations that though I could understand what she wanted, I was afraid to find out if I had the capacity to meet her halfway, to trust her. And my breath caught when she wiped the moisture away with a careful finger, unaware that it was for her. — Kim Harrison