#ura

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

#harmonious #living #natural #point #point of view

How came the bodies of animals to be contrived with so much art, and for what ends were their several parts? Was the eye contrived without skill in Opticks, and the ear without knowledge of sounds?...and these things being rightly dispatch’d, does it not appear from phænomena that there is a Being incorporeal, living, intelligent...? ↗

— Isaac Newton

#intelligent-design #naturalism #religion-and-science #science #science-and-religion

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely. ↗

— John Hume

#answer #books #history #i #i think

Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#dresden-files #fear #fight-or-flight-response #anger

In America uniformed cops eat in coffee shops, diners and restaurants and I always feel safer having them around. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#america #around #coffee #cops #eat

The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle. ↗

— James Hutton

#admitted #employed #except #explained #globe

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever. ↗

— Tokugawa Ieyasu

#arise #assurance #days #desires #extremity

I always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running. ↗

— Robert Irvine

#before #casinos #had #hotels #i

The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was very involved also with the rest of the world. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#analytical #cultural #curriculum #did #heritage

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#endurance #get #gets #somehow #too