#perpetual

The world is but a perpetual see-saw. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#world

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#i #i do #man #maternity #peace

Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#believes #considerations #considers #development #fascism

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#door #perpetually #side #wrong

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#being #honey #insects #knowledge #lies

There are many, many communities, many ethnic minorities, many civilizations that have been brutalised by others and you have to move on. You cannot perpetually stay in that place of blame, otherwise it's just a downward spiral. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#blame #cannot #civilizations #communities #downward

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #american policy #cannot #competing #different

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. ↗

— Petrarch

#anger #avarice #banished #enjoy #envy

Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#day #evolution #finds #itself #knowledge

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. ↗

— Richard Powers

#condition #control #cultivating #face #forever