“Berkeley , Hume, Kant , Fichte , Hegel , James , Bergson all are united in one earnest attempt, the attempt to reinstate man with his high spiritual claims in a place of importance in the cosmic scheme.” MenSpiritualUnitedImportanceClaimsCosmicSchemesEarnestHegelBerkeleyHume Author:David Hume
“I want to stress again the importance of really living what we claim to believe. That needs to be a priority-not just in our personal and family lives but in our churches, our political choices, our business dealings, our treatment of the poor; in other words, in everything we do.” WantNeedsBelievePoliticalChoicesChurchPoorImportanceClaimsStressPrioritiesTreatmentFamily LifeDealingsReally Living Author:Charles J. Chaput
“The frustrating thing is that those who are attacking religion claim they are doing it in the name of tolerance, freedom and openmindedness. Question: Isn't the real truth that they are intolerant of religion? They refuse to tolerate its importance in our lives.” RealNamesOur LivesImportanceClaimsRefuseToleranceTolerateFrustratingAttackingReal TruthFrustrating Things Author:Ronald Reagan
“Was everyone else really as alive as she was?...If the answer was yes, then the world, the social world, was unbearably complicated, with two billion voices, and everyone's thoughts striving in equal importance and everyone's claim on life as intense, and everyone thinking they were unique, when no one was.” IfsThinkingWorldLifeTwoSocialVoiceAnswersAliveEqualUniqueImportanceClaimsStriveComplicatedBillionsIntense Book:Atonement Source: Atonement
“The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No choice. However messy is without importance in the overall picture of our lives. We all at our own age have to claim something, even if it's only our own confusion. I am in the middle of growing up and into myself.” IfsLooksAgeChoicesRealizingGrowing UpOur LivesGrowingMiddleImportanceClaimsConfusionNot AloneMessy Author:Sabrina Ward Harrison
“But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire to decide ultimately between them? In cases of little importance or urgency, the prudence of both parties will keep them aloof from the questionable ground; but if it can neither be avoided nor compromised, a convention of the States must be called to ascribe the doubtful power to that department which they may think best.” IfsThinkingShouldMayLittlesTwoStatesAsksPartyCommonCasesSubjectsImportanceClaimsDepartmentConventionsPrudenceAvoidedUrgencyUmpiresDoubtfulQuestionableAloof Author:Thomas Jefferson