Discipline Quotes — Page 37

Politician, Activist

“There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a people satisfied that justice has been done.”

Law Order Discipline

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William Butler Yeats

Poet, Playwright

“Odor of blood when Christ was slain Made all Platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline.”

Blood Discipline Tolerance

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William James

Philosopher, Psychologist

“So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community, and until an equivalent discipline is organized, I believe that war must have its way.”

Believe War Discipline

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William James

Philosopher, Psychologist

“Voices of the glorified urge us onward. They who have passed from the semblances of time to the realities of eternity call upon us to advance. The rest that awaits us invites us forward. We do not pine for our rest before God wills it. We long for no inglorious rest. We are thankful rather for the invaluable training of difficulty, the loving discipline of danger and strife. Yet in the midst of it all the prospect of rest invites us heavenward. Through all, and above all, God cries, "Go forward!" "Come up higher!”

Reality Voice Discipline

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Wyndham Lewis

Artist and Writer

“Lewis sought no disciples, nor does he offer a program or solution, rather his contribution is a critical discipline. Lewis is a stimulant, a mode of perception, rather than a position or practice.”

Practice Discipline Perception

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Umberto Eco

Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic

“Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.”

Today Discipline Scientist

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T. S. Eliot

Poet, Playwright

“A philosophy can and must be worked out with the greatest rigour and discipline in the details, but can ultimately be founded on nothing but faith: and this is the reason, I suspect, why the novelties in philosophy are only in elaboration, and never in fundamentals.”

Philosophy Faith Discipline

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T. S. Eliot

Poet, Playwright

“These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action.”

Prayer Discipline Hints

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Saint Augustine

Theologian, Philosopher

“Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law.”

Law Discipline Curiosity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

“Numbers serve to discipline rhetoric. Without them it is too easy to follow flights of fancy, to ignore the world as it is and to remold it nearer the heart's desire.”

Heart Numbers Discipline

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

“Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions.”

Ideas Commitment Discipline

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Audrey Hepburn

Actress, Humanitarian

“As much as I loved the art and discipline of the dance, it didn't love me!”

Art Discipline

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