“It is true that of far the greater part of things, we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit, or analogy supply; but it is true likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and consequently gain more principles of reasoning, and found a wider base of analogy.” KnowsMayIdeasRealityFoundPrinciplesKnowledgeGreaterGainsCertaintyReasoningDescriptionPossessedIncompleteExhibitsAnalogies Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets
“The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by.” IfsKnowsNeedsMayHardCarePrinciplesEconomyEconomicHard TruthsSpecificsDoctoringTender Loving Care Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies.” IfsKnowsCertainDecisionPrinciplesPaperCommitNarrativeInconsistency Author:Matt Stone
“If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature itself is very arbitrary - it's not malevolent or benevolent; it doesn't even know we're here.” IfsKnowsBelievePrinciplesSkyDon't BelieveStringsPullingArbitraryStressfulBenevolent Author:Michael Shannon
“Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand the principle of that wisdom which is revealed to all: that we should know and praise God through His creation and that by means of the visible world we should understand whence we came, what we are, for what purpose we were made and where we are going. On the contrary, they travel through this present age in darkness... with... ignorance of God.” KnowsWorldShouldMeanMadeAgeChristianPurposeOrderPassionAnimalPrinciplesDarknessCreationIgnorancePraiseContrarySensesVisibleOrthodoxIndulgeMisusePraise GodGod's Creation Author:Maximus the Confessor
“I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.” PeopleKnowsWantCarePrinciplesKnow HowVoteDemocraticHaiti Author:Jean-Bertrand Aristide
“What the members of the Church need, more than anything else, are strong testimonies of Jesus Christ and the gospel He restored. They need to know. And they need to know that they know. This is the best protection against the tsunami of temptations and the waves of immorality that crash against us. Perhaps this is just another reason why the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!” KnowsNeedsFirstsReasonJesusStrongChristChurchLordPrinciplesMembersJesus ChristWaveProtectionTemptationReason WhyCrashTestimonyImmoralityLord Jesus ChristTsunami Author:John Bytheway