Universal Quotes - page 3

The task of universal pragmatics is to identify and reconstruct universal conditions of possible mutual understanding. (Jürgen Habermas)
A smile is the universal welcome. View quote
Max Eastman
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. View quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason. View quote
Immanuel Kant
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. View quote
John Burroughs
I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education. View quote
Stephen Ambrose
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world. View quote
Shari Arison
The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. View quote
Arthur Henderson
The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace? View quote
Arthur Henderson
There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time. View quote
Christopher McDougall
Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures. (Alex Cox)
I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal. View quote
Christopher Eccleston
Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal validity. View quote
Kenneth Scott Latourette
That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didn't realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera. View quote
Kent McCord
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers. View quote
Wyclef Jean
People get real comfortable with their features. Nobody gets comfortable with their hair. Hair trauma. It's the universal thing. View quote
Jamie Lee Curtis
Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing. View quote
Cory Doctorow
The spirit of sarcasm lives and thrives in the midst of universal wreck; its balls are enchanted and itself invulnerable, and it braves retaliations and reprisals because itself is a mere flash, a bodiless and magical nothing. View quote
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
It gives liberty and breadth to thought, to learn to judge our own epoch from the point of view of universal history, history from the point of view of geological periods, geology from the point of view of astronomy. View quote
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the road, at the very beginning. We still have a long way to go. View quote
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. (William Hazlitt)
The benefits of science are not only material ones. The truths that science teaches are of common interest the world over. The language of science is universal, and is a powerful force in bringing the peoples of the world closer together. View quote
Arthur Compton
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. View quote
Paulo Coelho
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. View quote
Shirin Ebadi
Frustrated? Yes. Why? Because it is impossible for me to be God - or the universal woman-and-man - or anything much. I am what I feel and think and do. I want to express my being as fully as I can because I somewhere picked up the idea that I could justify my being alive that way. View quote
Sylvia Plath