“He must be able to hear them [the counter arguments] from persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and do their very utmost for them. He must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form; he must feel the whole force of the difficulty which the true view of the subject has to encounter and dispose of; else he will never really possess himself of the portion of truth which meets and removes that difficulty.” KnowsFeelsBelievePersonsWholeAbleFormForceViewsAtheismSubjectsArgumentDifficultyPositive AtheismEncountersRemovePortionsEarnestPlausiblePersuasive Author:John Stuart Mill
“The method of authority will always govern the mass of mankind; and those who wield the various forms of organized force in the state will never be convinced that dangerous reasoning ought not to be suppressed in some way.” WayStatesFormForceMankindDangerousOughtAuthorityMassMethodVariousConvincedReasoningOrganized Book:The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893) Source: The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893)
“America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it forces us to confront matters many would prefer to ignore.” PeopleMatterReasonChristianAmericaFormForceReligiousHatredBigotryRespectable Author:William Bennett
“The feeling, "this can't be it", is a very powerful form of prayer. It's the agony of the separated self longing for reunion with wholeness. It's the call of your soul urging you to return to your own path and purpose. It's the force of evolution driving you home. Do not try to deny or override your divine discontent. Heed its call. Knowing "this can't be it" implies that somewhere inside you, you DO know what IS it.” KnowsTryingSoulSelfFeelingsHomeFormPurposeForcePrayerPowerfulKnowingPathDivineReturnEvolutionLongingDenyDrivingYour SoulPurpose Of LifeAgonyWholenessDiscontentVery PowerfulHeedReunion Author:Alan Cohen
“In Advance of All Parting is a tough, unsentimental examination of marital grief. Musically elegant and inventive, understated and passionate, the poems give us a profound glimpse into how the events of a life can form a center of gravity that fixes the self in its force field. Theres a cold, truth-telling clarity about them that makes them as unsettling as they are beautiful. Ansie Baird has created a richly-drawn world in which this elemental drama plays out, and the result is vivid, startling poems in which pain has left its indelible tracks.” WorldGivingSelfPlayPainBeautifulFormLeftForceResultsGriefEventsFieldsColdDramaToughProfoundPassionateTrackClarityTelling The TruthGravityGlimpseElegantVividExaminationPartingElementalsIndelibleUnderstatedForce FieldsCenter Of Gravity Author:Chase Twichell
“Pharisaism, obtuseness and tyranny reign not only in the homes of merchants and in jails; I see it in science, in literature, and among youth. I consider any emblem or label a prejudice.... My holy of holies is the human body, health, intellect, talent, inspiration, love and the most absolute of freedoms, the freedom from force and falsity in whatever forms they might appear.” HumansHomeBodyInspirationMightFormLiteratureForceFreedomTalentYouthHolyPrejudiceAbsolutesIntellectTyrannyLabelsJailReignHuman BodyMerchantsEmblemsFalsityInspiration LovePharisaism Author:Anton Chekhov
“Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms... ...The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.” FormForcePassionateAbstractConstructionConcreteAngleClash Author:Carlo Carra
“Power exhibits itself under two distinct forms,--strength and force,--each possessing peculiar qualities, and each perfect in its own sphere. Strength is typified by the oak, the rock, the mountain. Force embodies itself in the cataract, the tempest, and the thunder-bolt.” TwoFormForcePerfectQualityPowerRocksMountainPeculiarSpheresThunderExhibitsOaksPossessingBoltsTempest Author:James A. Garfield