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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
by Abraham Joshua Heschel (Educator, Polish , born in 1907) keywords: assumptions, darkness, derived, god, hypothesis, immediate, insight, light, logical, reason, self-evident, something , sought It is widely assumed, contrary to fact, that theism necessarily involves the two assumptions which cannot be squared with the existence of so much suffering, and that therefore, per impossibile, they simply have to be squared with the existence of all this suffering, somehow.
by Walter Kaufmann (Philosopher, German , born in 1921) keywords: assumed, assumptions, cannot, contrary, existence, fact, involves, much, necessarily, per, simply, somehow, squared, suffering, theism, therefore, two, which , widely The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
by George MacDonald (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1824) keywords: appears, appreciate, assumptions, body, demon, disease, given, inner, irrational, keeping, logic, longer, more, own, process, reservation, sick, state, sympathize, temporary, wisdom , work I am playing with the assumptions that we have in our everyday life when we are tripped up or fooled and we learn something, that makes things exciting - I am having fun with that stuff, but you have to manage it so it doesn't get too cute, that's what I trying to work toward.
by Jim McKay (Journalist, American , born in 1921) keywords: am, assumptions, cute, everyday, exciting, fooled, fun, get, having, learn, life, makes, manage, our, playing, something, stuff, things, too, toward, tripped, trying, up , work What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies inductive assumptions, even as a statement about the past.
by Robert Nozick (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: assumptions, been, describe, embodies, even, hadn, how, inductive, itself, literature, merely, now, past, realized, severely, something, statement, tested , until People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections.
by Steven Pinker (Scientist, Canadian , born in 1954) keywords: assumptions, because, claims, clash, connections, empirical, get, given, haven, much, often, political, seem, sometimes, their, thought, today , uncomfortable If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used.
by Charles Francis Richter (Scientist, American , born in 1900) keywords: affects, assumptions, body, calculating, changed, data, energy, even, final, might, result, same, seriously, then, though , used Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
by Miguel Angel Ruiz (Author, Mexican , born in 1952) keywords: agreement, ask, assumptions, avoid, clearly, communicate, completely, courage, drama, express, find, just, life, make, misunderstandings, others, questions, really, sadness, transform, want , your What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
by George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1856) keywords: acts, ascertained, assumptions, believes, creed, habitually, his, man, may , which My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get up and speak without in some way, shape or form, referencing, Dr. King.
by Tavis Smiley (Author, American , born in 1964) keywords: assumptions, dr, form, get, hear, helping, hold, king, never, reexamine, regard, role, shape, some, speak, television, up, way, without , would Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and, three, that we have plenty of troops, weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation.
by John Spratt (Politician, American , born in 1942) keywords: assumptions, big, equipment, iraqi, liberators, oil, pay, plenty, postwar, proved, rebuilding, situation, soon, three, troops, two, us, weapons, welcome, would , wrong There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting.
by Craig Stevens (Athlete, Australian , born in 1980) keywords: anything, assumptions, even, lot, made, saying, stress, upsetting, very, which , without When assumptions were made that I was going to bail out there was a little part of my brain that thought 'I am going to do to prove them wrong'. In the end that wouldn't be coming from my heart and doing what was right.
by Craig Stevens (Athlete, Australian , born in 1980) keywords: am, assumptions, bail, brain, coming, doing, end, going, heart, little, made, out, part, prove, right, them, thought, were , wrong I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
by Igor Stravinsky (Composer, Russian , born in 1882) keywords: assumptions, chiefly, composer, exposure, false, knowledge, learned, life, mistakes, pursuits, through, throughout , wisdom With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
by Larry Wachowski (Director, American , born in 1965) keywords: around, assumptions, everyone, expectations, film, genre, mess, noir, once, place, really, start, these, things, those , twist
