“If the human intellect is allowed to impose a preconceived pattern on society, if our powers of reasoning are allowed to lay claim to a monopoly of creative effort... then we must not be surprised if society, as such, ceases to function as a creative force.” IfsHumansForceEffortCreativeFunctionClaimsLaysPatternsIntellectCeaseReasoningMonopoly Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“When literature becomes deliberately indifferent to the opposition of good and evil it betrays its function and forfeits all claim to excellence.” EvilLiteratureFunctionClaimsExcellenceOppositionGood And EvilBetrayIndifferentForfeit Book:The Simone Weil Reader Source: The Simone Weil Reader
“For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate. But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power....When the revolutionary theory of government began to prevail, and Church and State found that they were educating for opposite ends and in a contradictory spirit, it became necessary to remove children entirely from the influence of religion.” ChildrenEndsStatesGovernmentSpiritFoundChurchInfluenceModernCenturyTheoryOppositesFunctionClaimsRevolutionaryRemoveEducateSovereignBehalfContradictoryChurch And StateAbsolutism Author:Lord Acton
“I have many friends that don't claim to be followers of Christ. As far as day-to-day friendship and being together at various functions, I don't think that there should be any difference at all.” ThinkingShouldTogetherChristDifferencesFunctionClaimsVariousFollowersDay To DayMany FriendsBeing Together Author:Billy Graham
“It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor to baptize, nor to offer [the eucharist], nor to claim for herself a share in any masculine function- not to mention any priestly office.” SpeakChurchTeachShareOffersOfficeFunctionClaimsMasculineEucharist Author:Tertullian
“The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and remove it, is vastly more important on elementary moral grounds, and commonly more important in terms of direct human consequences as well. Intellectuals have historically played a critical function in performing these tasks, and [Ivan] Illich is right to observe that claims to scientific expertise and special knowledge are often used as a device.” HumansWellsImportantEyeUsedTermMoralSpecialConsequenceTasksDirectFunctionClaimsHarderCriticalPerformingRemoveDevicesExpertiseBeam Author:Noam Chomsky
“What I understand about this concept of why is that it functions exactly the same way as parenting or exercise or any of these things we claim to invest in.” WayExerciseConceptsFunctionClaims Author:Simon Sinek
“ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.” HumilityGratitudeAll ThingsFunctionClaimsCourtesy Author:Laozi