T Quotes
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“There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.”
Source: Young India, 1924-1926
“There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his tasks. But there is a little bit left for the party leader.”
“There is no "scientific worldview" just as there is no uniform enterprise "science" - except in the minds of metaphysicians, school masters, and scientists blinded by the achievements of their own particular niche... There is no objective principle that could direct us away from the supermarket "religion" or the supermarket "art" toward the more modern, and much more expensive supermarket "science." Besides, the search for such guidance would be in conflict with the idea of individual responsibility which allegedly is an important ingredient of a "rational" or scientific age.”
“There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.”
“There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations.”
“There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations. Since I brought up patriarchy, let me make one thing clear. I am not singling out men; I am addressing the issue of inequality of genders. A patriarchy does not only not accept the equality of the sexes, it also has a hard time understanding the principles of democracy and its essence. Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home. This is the culture we need to resist and fight.”
“There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.”
Source: Collected Works
“There is no 'cat language.' Painful as it is for us to admit, they don't need one!”
Source: Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legend, and Lives
“there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.”
Source: The Straight Mind: And Other Essays
“There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.”
“There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.”
“There is no 'lose' - Only 'win', or 'learn'.”
“There is no 'love of God' for you unless you have repented or unless you do repent. Make no mistake about this. Do not rely or bank on God's love. It is only for the penitent; there is no entry into the kingdom of God except by repentance.”
“There is no 'my self' and 'his self'. There is the Self, the only Self of all. Misled by the diversity of names and shapes, minds and bodies, you imagine multiple selves.”
“There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.”
“There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience.”
“There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.”
“There is no 'the truth','a truth' - truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity. the pattern of the carpet is a surface. When we look closely, or when we become weavers, we learn of the tiny multiple threads unseen in the overall pattern, the knots on the underside of the carpet”
Source: Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations
“There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.”
Source: Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations
“There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as we posit a 'thing' to let go of, we're in trouble. We need to change our view of reality, not attack a nonexistent entity.”
“There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.”
“There is no - let me repeat - no example in the last quarter-century of a large, complex economy that has been successful with high taxes.”
“There is no [...] higher than the truth.”
“There is no a better day like today, if you're thinking of becoming a better person tomorrow you gotta start today.”
“There is no a prior reason for supposing that the truth, when it is discovered, will necessarily prove interesting.”
Source: The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas
“There is no a priori reason for supposing that the truth, when it is discovered, will necessarily prove interesting.”
“There is no abiding success without commitment.”
Source: Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement
“There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.”
“There is no absolute formula for happiness—each unique condition of life can serve as the foundation for happiness in its own unique way. You can be happy when married with children, or when married without children. You can be happy when you are single, without a college degree, or with one. You can be happy when you are slim, you can be happy when you are overweight. You can be happy when living in a warm climate as in California, you can be happy when living in Montana, where you have severe winter conditions. As a sumo wrestler, you can be happy when you make it to yokozuna, or you can be happy while remaining one of the underdogs all your career, doing small chores, never giving up.”
Source: Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
“There is no absolute hate or evil. On the contrary hate or evil are always intimately blended with love and goodness. What causes more hate and evil is paradoxically what tends to be done in the name of love and goodness. Hence, in order to reduce hate and evil we need to be aware of love and goodness, rather than hate and evil.”
“There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy.”
Source: The Ascent of Man
“There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.”
“There is no absolute truth that the guy sitting in the cave in the Himalayas is useless, because he is at that point in his journey where he has experienced everything in the world and does not have an attraction to it anymore.”
“There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the position of a body is relative to that of other bodies. Everywhere there is incessant relative change in position throughout the universe, and the observer is always at the center of things.”
“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
Source: Picasso and Man
“There is no abstract Evil; you have to understand that! Its roots are here, all around us, in this herd that goes on chewing and having a good time only an hour after a murder!”
Source: Night Watch
“There is no abstract Evil; you have to understand that! Its roots are here, all around us, in this herd that goes on chewing and having a good time only an hour after a murder! That's what you have to fight for. For people. Evil is a hydra with many heads, and the more of them you cut off, the more it grows! Hydras have to be starved to death, do you understand that? Kill a hundred Dark Ones, and a thousand more will take their place.”
Source: Night Watch
“There is no absurdity in theology so great that you cannot parallel it by a greater absurdity in Nature.”
“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
Source: The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Studies in Pessimism (illustrated)
“There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose...There has indeed been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God.”
“There is no access to contemporary poetry in the libraries.”
“There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.”
“There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.”
“There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.”
“There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable.”
“There is no accountability in soft money. None.”
“There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory.”
“There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.”
“There is no accounting for human beings.”
Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.”