Veela Shop Quotes & Sayings

The fact is, the great intellectuals of the western religious tradition from Augustine to Aquinas and Peter Abelard became philosophically dominant. The intellectual tradition was preserved. The great intellectuals of the Islamic tradition like Averroes and Avicenna became heretics whose influence disappeared under the weight of rote preaching and practice. Islam as a result has a moral code, a legalistic system of right and wrong, but no evolved ethical tradition. — R. Joseph Hoffmann

Tennis's beauty's infinite roots are self-competitive. You compete with your own limits to transcend the self in imagination and execution. Disappear inside the game: break through limits: transcend: improve: win. — David Foster

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. — Doris Lessing

I think the biggest reason otherwise radical people don't want to face the necessity of ending industrial civilization is privilege. We're the ones reaping the benefits. We've sold out the rest of life on earth for convenience, creature comforts, and cheap consumer goods, and it's appalling. I'm sickened by this bargain. — Lierre Keith

Impressive technological development makes us capable of measuring almost everything, but measurement error problems still remain. — Eraldo Banovac

An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is just to be perfectly enlightened. — Frederick Lenz

What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish. — Sylvia Earle

There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson. — Branch Rickey