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“The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is, in terms of concrete stage images. This is the difference between the approach of the philosopher and that of the poet; the difference, to take an example from another sphere, between the idea of God in the works of Thomas Aquinas or Spinoza and the intuition of God in those of St. John of the Cross or Meister Eckhart - the difference between theory and experience.”

Source: The Theatre of the Absurd

“Sometimes there was a serious article on a hot topic, and I especially remember one by a bishop headed "Is Nudity Salacious?" The bishop thought it need not be, if encountered in the proper spirit, but he gave a lot of enlightening examples of conditions under which it might be, in his word, "inflammatory." There wasn't much nudity in our neck of the woods, and I enjoyed that article tremendously.”

Source: The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books

“The history of the development of mechanics is quite indispensable to a full comprehension of the science in its present condition. It also affords a simple and instructive example or the processes by which natural science generally is developed.”

Process Natural Simple Conditions Example Development Indispensable Mechanic Comprehension Natural Science

Book:The Science of Mechanics

Source: The Science of Mechanics

“Certain management policies-stretching of credit resources, for example-may lead to great progress in good conditions; but, like the Grand Prix car in comparison with the Land Rover, they may not be robust enough to survive when the going gets tough.”

May Enough Certain Progress Land Conditions Car Policy Example Tough Resources Management Credit Comparison Stretching Robust Going Gets Tough Grand Prix Great Progress

Author:Anthony Stafford Beer

“It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never maintain a single day of unmingled innocence.”

Ifs Writing May Ideas States Failing Conditions Example Objects Duty Perfection Faults Innocence Caution Atonement Hinder Endeavour Vigilance Contagion Admonition

Author:Samuel Johnson

“Of the properties of mathematics, as a language, the most peculiar one is that by playing formal games with an input mathematical text, one can get an output text which seemingly carries new knowledge. The basic examples are furnished by scientific or technological calculations: general laws plus initial conditions produce predictions, often only after time-consuming and computer-aided work. One can say that the input contains an implicit knowledge which is thereby made explicit.”

“It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.”

People World May Whole Enjoy Conditions Example Institutions Prosperity Extravagance

Book:Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches

Source: Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches

“Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.”

People Children Age Action Fun Ability Middle Conditions Example Our Children Intelligence Setting Factors Settings Your Children Delay Middle Ages Setting An Example

Author:William Faulkner

“Religion and science, for example, are often though to be opponents, but as I have shown, the insights of ancient religions and of modern science are both needed to reach a full understanding of human nature and the conditions of human satisfaction. The ancients may have known little about biology, chemistry, physics, but many were good psychologists.”

Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

“The social problem is that we haven't come up with any alternative models. Our culture hasn't developed an ars erotica. Think, for example, of conditions in India or in Japanese culture and of how the erotic has been cultivated there. They're not as clinical and rabbit-like as we are.”

Thinking Has Beens Problem Culture Social Conditions Havens Example Models India Come Up Alternatives Erotic Rabbits Social Problems Clinicals Japanese Culture

Author:Volkmar Sigusch

“Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership-either of entering into or continuing in fellowship of a denomination or a local church.... Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have not yet decided to follow Christ.”

“Once a nation's population becomes prosperous and secure, for example through economic security and universal health care, much of the population loses interest in seeking the aid and protection of supernatural entities. This effect appears to be so consistent that it may prevent nations from being highly religious while enjoying good internal socioeconomic conditions.”

“Any stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without conditions.”

Shows Energy Conditions Example Planets Meetings Stuck Where You Are Exhausted Stressful

Author:Byron Katie

“The best example of all, to me, that our problems are both personal and cultural and political and social is the whole condition of the middle class economically.”

Whole Problem Political Social Class Middle Conditions Example Middle Class

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995

“Only a developed society, for example, only a strong democratic system in modern conditions can create a climate in which any manifestation of terrorism is unacceptable and can also make the state itself stronger.”

States Strong Modern Conditions Example Stronger Democratic Climate Terrorism Manifestation

Author:Vladimir Putin