“The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.” PrinciplesSpecialCircumstancesCommitmentConceptionImmoralObsoleteNeutrality Author:John Foster Dulles
“We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.” NeedsDifferentHappinessCircumstancesEndureGenuineDependentConception Author:Richard Davidson
“In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.” MindHumansPhilosophyFactsReligionCoursesPathCircumstancesVainServantMeaning Of LifeHuman MindConceptionBeatenArbiterScience And PhilosophyBeaten Path Book:My Religion Source: My Religion
“I felt that we could hardly improve on the conception of the university expressed by one of the founders of the modern system, Wilhelm von Humboldt, also one of the founders of classical liberalism. That seems to me true today as well, though ideals of course have to be adapted to changing circumstances.” WellsSeemsTodayCoursesFeltModernCircumstancesIdealsUniversityLiberalismConceptionFoundersAdaptedClassical Liberalism Author:Noam Chomsky
“America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.” AmericaFallLosesGraceEventsRegretCircumstancesInnocentBoatConceptionNo RegretsCherriesFalls From Grace Book:American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) Source: American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1)