“The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.” BelieveSpiritualSpiritualityBeliefI BelieveWomenMovementGeniusFunctionIntuitionTendenciesIntuitiveNineteenth CenturyElectrical Book:Woman in the Nineteenth Century Source: Woman in the Nineteenth Century
“The expedition had now performed its functions. I saw that old father Nile without any doubt rises in the Victoria Nyanza, and as I had foretold, that lake is the great source of the holy river which cradled the first expounder of our religious belief.” FirstsFatherBeliefReligiousDoubtSawsSourceHolyRiversFunctionLakesReligious BeliefVictoriaExpeditionsNile Author:John Hanning Speke
“Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.” HelpingIndividualBeliefStrongCommunityShareAtheismElementsFunctionPositive AtheismBindingPrimacy Author:Frans de Waal
“[Religion is a] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the gods and save your crops. And even Christianity, after all, insures heavily against the flaws in this life by belief in another.” SelfBeliefChristianitySacrificeOffersFunctionInstinctDisasterThis LifeFlawsPrimitiveCrops Book:Told by an Idiot Source: Told by an Idiot
“I am biased towards the belief that every painter must be grounded in strong and faultless drawing skills, and until one has not experimented with all styles of painting and has not comprehended their potentialities one's work is not complete. Even an abstract painter must know how to draw as well as a figurative artist. As for me, drawing has never created any problem, since I know how to draw anatomy correctly if I had to, I understand the function of muscle groups and sculpture.” IfsKnowsWellsProblemArtistBeliefStrongKnow HowGroupsStylePaintingSkillsDrawsFunctionDrawingPainterAbstractMusclesGroundedSculptureAnatomyBiased Author:Guity Novin
“There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don't know how people can function without a belief in a deity.” PeopleKnowsKindOrderBeliefMoralKnow HowFunctionCodeDeitiesMoral Code Author:Mel Gibson
“Atheism ... in its philosophic aspect refuses allegiance not merely to a definite concept of God, but it refuses all servitude to the God idea, and opposes the theistic principle as such. Gods in their individual function are not half as pernicious as the principle of theism which represents the belief in a supernatural, or even omnipotent, power to rule the earth and man upon it. It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting with all its power.” MenIdeasActionEarthHumanityFightingIndividualBeliefHalfPrinciplesAtheismInfluenceEffectsConceptsAspectFunctionRefusePositive AtheismDefiniteAllegianceServitudePerniciousTheismOmnipotentThoughts And ActionsPhilosophicAbsolutism Book:Mother Earth Bulletin Source: Mother Earth Bulletin
“Conservatives believe government's principal functions are the preservation of freedom and removal of restraints on the individual. Liberalism's ascent in the first two-thirds of this century reflected the new belief that government should also confer capacities on individuals. Liberalism's decline in the final third of this century has reflected doubts about whether government can be good at that, or whether government that is good at that is good for the nation's character.” ShouldFirstsBelieveTwoCharacterGovernmentIndividualBeliefNationsDoubtCenturyCapacityThirdsFunctionFinalsBe GoodLiberalismDeclinePrincipalRestraintPreservationRemovalAscent Author:George Will
“When you understand how the mind-brain functions together, you know that faith, which is believing before seeing, is the natural process of creation.” KnowsMindBelieveTogetherBeliefProcessNaturalBrainSeeingCreationFunctionBrain Function Author:Robert Anthony
“I would say that for the younger musicians, technical proficiency is necessary and a given these days. But the study and the way you function in society, your beliefs and the way you live, that is where you will find a real musician, a real artist.” WayRealArtistBeliefGivenStudyMusicianFunctionThese DaysProficiencyReal Artists Author:David Finckel