Vitalism Vs Mechanism Quotes & Sayings

Before, time held no meaning with him. Now it's everything. Every second of my existence feels like it will be the last. — Kitty Thomas

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing. — Susan George

It's easy to give up at the beginning of something, but after gaining a bit of momentum it's not as tempting or easy to just give up. — S.A. Tawks

At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. Now I realize I can get direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. — Cat Stevens

Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize. — Charles Sanders Peirce

Happiness is not our goal. The achievement of happiness deflects us from our true destiny which is the utter realization of self. — Timothy Findley

Words are immortal -until someone comes along and burns them. — Cornelia Funke

Never does a person feel so wise, so mature and so adult as when she is not. — Pia Juul

I have anonymously helped many thousands. — Taylor Caldwell

Imagination is the beginning of reality. — Jim Rohn

Lesson NUMBER THREE is that ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU THEY ARE DOING IT ALL PERFECTLY IS A LIAR. — Shonda Rhimes

To believe the control is in your hands when it is in the hands of some other power, is indeed a wrong belief (bhranti, illusion). If one were to understand even this much, he will find a solution. When people begin to understand that the power is in the hands of something else, then the wrong belief [illusion] will go away to a little extent. — Dada Bhagwan

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. — Horace Mann

Above all, creators remain drawn to the age-old paradoxes that philosophy grapples with [and] ... that art occasionally resolves ... the problem of the one and the many; unity and variety; determinism and freedom; mechanism and vitalism; good and evil; time and eternity; the plenum and the void; moral absolutism and relativism ... These are the basic problems of human existence, and as far as we possibly can we arrange things to forget them. — Frank Barron

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one's spirit, the more vulnerable it is. — Andrew Vachss