#del

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#any #becomes #catholic #dogma #faith

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor. ↗

— Avi Arad

#angst #characters #could #deeper #delve

Foreign policy is about trying to deliver for them the best possible economic benefits, the chance to travel, to study, to work, the opportunity through trade to be able to sell their goods and services and as much peace and security so they can live and bring their kids up so they don't have to fear war. ↗

— Catherine Ashton

#about #benefits #best #bring #chance

To insult someone we call him "bestial." For deliberate cruelty and nature, "human" might be the greater insult. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#call #cruelty #deliberate #greater #him

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#finding #knowing #out #rather #than

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in. ↗

— Mary Astell

#body #business #come #company #confined

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? ↗

— Jane Austen

#attentions #delicacy #flattering #happy #i

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. ↗

— Johann Sebastian Bach

#delights #god #harmony #honor #music

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#delighted #either #god #solitude #whosoever

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#choose #conferences #could #delegates #essential