“Dialectic, which is the parent of logic, came itself from rhetoric. Rhetoric is in turn the child of the myths and poetry of ancient Greece. That is so historically, and that is so by any application of common sense. The poetry and myths are the response of a prehistoric people to the Universe around them made on the basis of Quality. It is Quality, not dialectic, which is the generator of everything we know.” PeopleKnowsChildrenMadeTurnsUniverseParentCommonQualityLogicBasesResponseAncientMythCommon SenseApplicationRhetoricRationalityGreeceDialecticsAncient GreecePrehistoricGenerator Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Whatever efforts one may make, one must revert to the realization that religion is the real basis of morality; religion is the real and perceptible purpose within us, which alone, can turn aside our attention from things. ... The science of morality can no more teach human beings to be honest, in all the magnificence of this word, than geometry can teach one how to draw.” HumansMayRealPurposeTurnsHuman BeingsEffortAttentionTeachHonestMoralityDrawsBasesRealizationBeing HonestGeometryMagnificence Author:Madame de Stael
“The gym is somewhere you can go to just forget for an hour what you do for a living, what you are doing on a daily basis. You just turn up and get on with it.” TurnsHoursForgetBasesGym Author:Luke Evans
“The way in which I know Christianity is true is first and foremost is the basis of the witness of the Holy Spirit in my heart. And this gives me self-authenticating means of knowing Christianity is true wholly apart from the evidence. And therefore, even if in some historically contingent circumstances the evidence that I have available to me should turn against Christianity, I do not think that controverts the witness of the Holy Spirit.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayGivingShouldFirstsHeartMeanSelfSpiritTurnsChristianityKnowingMy HeartCircumstancesHolyEvidenceBasesGive MeAvailableWitnessHoly Spirit Author:William Lane Craig
“Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world; reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.” WorldLooksReasonUseAbleEarthTurnsStrongChanceBasesFavorsUnshakable Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America for those moral inspirations that lie at the basis of all freedomthat America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above all other rights, and that her flag is the flag not only of America but of humanity.” KnowsWorldYearsHumansDreamLightInspirationAmericaLyingHumanityTurnsMoralRightsBasesHuman RightsFlags Author:Woodrow Wilson