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“Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. Happily, this pitch it seldom attains. But what a Tully or a Demosthenes could scarcely effect over a Roman or Athenian audience, every Capuchin, every itinerant or stationary teacher can perform over the generality of mankind, and in a higher degree, by touching such gross and vulgar passions.”

Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

“Science has been effective at furthering our understanding of nature because the scientific ethos is based on three key principles: (1) follow the evidence wherever it leads; (2) if one has a theory, one needs to be willing to try to prove it wrong as much as one tries to prove that it is right; (3) the ultimate arbiter of truth is experiment, not the comfort one derives from one's a priori beliefs, nor the beauty or elegance one ascribes to one's theoretical models.”

Source: A Universe From Nothing

“You can choose to be willing for a new understand of God and Life to now be brought forth, and understanding that could produce a new way of life on your planer.”

Way Choices Understanding Produce Willing New Ways New Way Of Life God And Life

Book:The New Revelations: A Conversation with God

Source: The New Revelations: A Conversation with God

“The equivocations, the confusions, the contradictions. There's no way we can live through or comprehend something so big that happened so long ago. We've lost true history. But if we are willing to tolerate the contradictions, and if we suffer through events rather than ticking them off, we may at least get closer to understanding what happened than if we grip the handrail of a carefully polished and reassuringly heroic narrative.”

Ifs Way May Long Bigs Suffering Lost Understanding Happened Events Willing Confusion Narrative Contradiction Heroic Tolerate Long Ago Polished

Author:Nicholson Baker

“Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.”

Thinking Soul Action Understanding Willing Essence Reasoning

Author:Akhenaton

“Real dialogue is where two or more people become willing to suspend their certainty in each other's presence.”

People Two Real Understanding Willing Listening Empathy Dialogue Certainty

Author:David Bohm

“Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.”

Littles Reason Desire Understanding Rooms Willing Highest Reflection Affection Addresses Eloquence Captivating

Author:David Hume

“When Peter Jackson did The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Fellowship of the Ring, not everyone had read Tolkien, and yet somehow with that scope and the spectacle of that fantasy, people were willing to give it a shot. And when they watched the first one, the characters drew them in and they started understanding the story. And then, all of a sudden, they were The Lord of the Rings fans, even if they never read Tolkien.”

People Ifs Giving Firsts Character Stories Understanding Lord Fantasy Fans Willing Shots Rings Peter Scope Fellowship Fellowship Of The Ring Trilogies

Author:Duncan Jones

“The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.”

People Needs Understanding Leadership Party Millions Trouble Streets Produce Willing Europe Trade Unions Britain Labour Eastern Philippines Labour Party Eastern Europe Trade Unions

Author:Arthur Scargill