“The unphilosophical and philosophical attitudes can be very sharply distinguished (with scarcely any intermediate forms) by the fact that the first accepts everything that happens as regards its general form, and finds occasion for surprise only in that special content by which something that happens here today differs from what happened there yesterday; whereas for the second, it is precisely the common features of all experience, such as characterise everything we encounter, which are the primary and most profound occasion for astonishment.” FirstsFactsHappensTodayFormCommonAttitudeAcceptingHappenedSpecialPhilosophicalRegardSurpriseProfoundYesterdayOccasionsPrimariesFeaturesEncountersDistinguishedAstonishment Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.” WayKindSpeakKindnessEffectsRegardCarefulOccasionsManifestBe CarefulGentlenessRebuke Author:Hosea Ballou
“But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.” MomentsSeemsHappensLastsRegardCriticalOccasions Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first...The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.” FirstsWellsKnownProgressArmsDependsOfficeRegardFellowsOccasionsPresidentialAddressesPredictionsWell KnownOathAppearingCountrymenHope For The FutureInaugural Address Author:Abraham Lincoln
“I grew up having great awareness of who I was in regards to racial identity and socio-economic status. This caused me great frustration until I was about 19 years old at Tuskegee University. My brother became a Christian along with my father and they shared the Gospel with me on occasion.” YearsChristianFatherEconomicAwarenessIdentityBrotherGrewGrew UpRegardUniversityOccasionsMy BrotherFrustrationRacial IdentityEconomic Status Author:Sho Baraka
“I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled.” ThinkingGivingDifferentFeelingsHappensTodayInterestingHugeGive MeRegardYesterdayVideoOccasionsCommentBoresCraveRefrainParticipatingPokeRare Occasion Author:Roseanne Barr
“Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to her, Jon cast about for some sort of polite conversation pertinent to the occasion. “I hate funerals, don’t you?” He said. “I rather like them,” she said smugly. “At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.” SaidAgeHateSpeakStudyHonorConversationI HateRegardCuriosityCastsTinyOccasionsMannersTriumphFuneralGuestsPoliteElderlyGood MannersPertinentPolite Conversation Book:Paradise Source: Paradise
“The man and the movement seemed 'reactionary' in my eyes. My common sense of justice, however, forced me to change this judgment in proportion as I had occasion to become acquainted with the man and his work; and slowly my fair judgment turned to unconcealed admiration. Today, more than ever, I regard this man as the greatest German mayor of all times.” MenEyeTodayJusticeCommonMovementHe ManJudgmentFairsRegardJewCommon SenseAll TimeOccasionsProportionAdmirationMayorsReactionariesMein Kampf Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf