#relative

Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#between #come #even #human #human love

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#basic #drive #economic #far #innovation

Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect. ↗

— James Buchan

#baghdad #been #british #creeping #decline

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

#competitor #concentrate #relative #strengths #weaknesses

My grandmother got approved right before the law changed, so naturally she got grandfathered in. In related news, but completely unrelated, I was adopted.
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— Jarod Kintz

#adoption #family #grandfathered #grandma #law

I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physical science. Instead, they are ecological, in the sense that they are properties of the environment relative to an animal. ↗

— James J. Gibson

#animal #assume #conceived #ecological #environment

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible. ↗

— Joe Klein

#american #anonymity #anonymous #back #bible

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one? ↗

— Abraham Pais

#cited #course #everyone #frequencies #fundamental

Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: absolutely anything in the world is possible. Master yourself, and become king of the world around you. Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear, or ANY mental virii prevent you from accomplishing your dreams. Never be a victim of life; be it's conqueror. ↗

— Mike Norton

#can-t #chastisement #conqueror #discouragement #disorder

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#acquaintance #cite #dislike #every #good