Universalistic Perspective Quotes & Sayings

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges. — Bob Dylan

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. — G.K. Chesterton

Nothing else mattered today. I lived within the minutes I was in - not dwelling on the past, or fearing the future. I just let the day present itself as it would, and it couldn't have been better. — Rebecca Donovan

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. — Mortimer Adler

As artists, you always want to push yourself. There's always new territory. — Tatiana Maslany

Banish professionalism from our midst, Oh God, an din its place put passionate prayer, poverty of spirit, hunger for God, rigorous study of holy things, white-hot devotion to Jesus Christ, utter indifference to all material gain, and unremitting labor to rescue the perishing, perfect the saints, and glorify our sovreign Lord.
Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ. — John Piper

How could you bear to refuse it?" Seven felt warm tears rising to her eyes, and slowly she reached out for Riley's hands. Her eyes were glistening, as well, as she accepted Seven's hand. "My individuality had become more important to me than the perfection the Caeliar were offering," Seven replied. — Kirsten Beyer

You have to learn to convince yourself that the possibility is greater than the inevitability of doing nothing. Listen, — Steve Harvey

The very idea that you could have separation between mosque and state from Islam's perspective is the imposition on them of Christian practice. Islam doesn't really have a place for state. They are a universalistic faith like Christianity, but they think there is no country that bounds Islam. — Stanley Hauerwas

He who writes this book in which hate is not hidden was formerly a pacifist...For him no disillusionment was ever greater or more sudden. It struck him with such violence that he thought himself no longer the same man. And yet, as it seems to him that in this state of hatred his conscience becomes diminished, he dedicates these pages, with emotion, to the man he used to be.
— Emile Verhaeren

When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul. — Anthony Douglas Williams

Our young men in Vietnam have not only acquitted themselves in an outstanding manner during combat operations, but they also have been outstanding ambassadors of goodwill in the vital civic action and pacification work among the tortured populace of South Vietnam. — Lewis William Walt

If you stay on the sidelines of the here and now then your future will only ever be a pale version of a dream you never had the courage to experience. — Amanda Howells