“If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum.” IfsMadeTwoRealSeemsEarthScienceNaturalPracticeTakenExampleDependsOffersOrdinaryAdvantageAreasDistanceDefinitionsCirclesLengthQuantityUnitsMeasurementLinearUsagePendulums Author:Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
“If we rely on anything else besides faith to maintain the practice of the presence of God, we will certainly fail, whether this is our feelings, or experiences, or sincerity, or good intentions, or reasonings, or plans. The reason these things will fail while faith will not fail is that all these things depend on us, while faith depends on God. It is a gift of God.” IfsReasonFeelingsPracticePlansFailingDependsIntentionRelyReasoningSincerityGood IntentionsGift From GodPresence Of God Book:Prayer for Beginners Source: Prayer for Beginners
“What matters is not publication or success (success is bad for your prose) but the practice of the imaginative act. Our damaged values depend on it.” MatterValuesPracticeDependsProseWhat MattersImaginativePublication Author:Janet Burroway
“Ferris: Are you going to be as impractical as that? Rearden: The evaluation of an action as practical, Dr. Ferris, depends on what it is that one wishes to practice. Ferris: Haven't you always placed your self-interest above all else? Rearden: That is what I am doing right now.” SelfActionWishInterestPracticeAtheismHavensDependsRight NowPositive AtheismPracticalsDrsSelf InterestEvaluationDoing Right Author:Ayn Rand
“Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.” PracticeTheoryDependsSeparationTruth And JusticeTheory And Practice Author:W. H. Auden
“Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we have to cultivate, and negative habit energies that we have to recognize, embrace and transform. The energy with which we do these things is mindfulness.” HappinessJoyEnergyPeacePracticeDependsHabitMindfulnessNegativeEmbraceRecognizingTransformingPeace And Happiness Author:Nhat Hanh
“Psychology should be the chief basic science upon which the practices of education depend. It should have supplied education with the information it needs concerning the processes of understanding, learning, and thinking, among other things. One of the difficulties has been that such theory as has been developed has been based primarily upon studies of behavior of rats and pigeons. As someone has said, some of the theory thus developed has been an insult even to the rat.” ThinkingNeedsShouldHas BeensSaidProcessUnderstandingPracticeStudyPsychologyInformationTheoryDependsBehaviorShould HaveDifficultyChiefsInsultRatsPigeons Author:J. P. Guilford
“Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.” FirstsActionPracticeVirtueDependsTraining Author:Seneca the Younger
“Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this: and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, an encourage it in others.” PeopleIfsArtCharacterUseRememberNationsPracticeVirtueWiseDependsReaderBlessingProveContraryMiserableCurseRighteousnessSpheresThyselfGracious Author:Patrick Henry
“...revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science for the few who are competent to practice it. It depends on correct organisation and above all, on communications.” PracticeCommunicationRevolutionDependsMassCompetentOrganisationEnlisting Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level.” IfsLevelsPracticeCasesDependsDeeperWalkers Book:Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within Source: Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
“The practice of our democracy depends on a sense of, and knowledge of, history in the same way that playing in the World Series requires a bat and a ball.” WorldWayPracticeDemocracyDependsBallsSeriesBatsWorld Series Author:Lewis H. Lapham