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Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. Henri Frederic Amiel
Hope Uncertainty Refuge
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Henri Frederic Amiel
Man Worth Had He Does Which Even Expresses
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. Henri Frederic Amiel
Life Faith Life Is A Inevitable Every Silent Exercises Influence Profession
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. Henri Frederic Amiel
Woman Guardian Affection Past Every Some Object Disappeared Pious Which Loving
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. Henri Frederic Amiel
Music Art Great Soul Song Key Will Childish Great Art Changing Guess Must Able Vary Attain Simply Know Piece Attraction Learn Read How Up Interest Might Then Teaching Keep Suggest
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority. Henri Frederic Amiel
Life Art Moral Authority Be True Eloquence Secret Virtue Moral Highest True Authority Maxim The Secret Of Us Let Us
As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind. Isabelle Holland
You Space Mind Will Long Whatever Occupy Forgive Your Who
Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures. Jean Piaget
Mathematics Nothing Logic Structures Linguistic Specialised
Play is the answer to the question, 'How does anything new come about?' Jean Piaget
About New Come Answer Does How Question Anything Play
The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly. Jean Piaget
Knowledge History Past Changed Changing State Rapidly More Current Current State Just In The Past Moment Many Ever
Logical activity is not the whole of intelligence. One can be intelligent without being particularly logical. Jean Piaget
Intelligence Logical Particularly Without Intelligent Being Whole Activity
One of the most striking things one finds about the child under 7-8 is his extreme assurance on all subjects. Jean Piaget
Assurance Extreme Striking Finds About Most His Subjects Child Things
Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher. Jean Piaget
Knowledge Problem Made Our Point Higher Point Of View Genetic Judged How Psychology Explain Transition Lower Epistemology View Level
Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality. Jean Piaget
Reality Adequately Systems Correspond More More Or Less Constructing Knowing Transformations Means Less
With regard to moral rules, the child submits more or less completely in intention to the rules laid down for him, but these, remaining, as it were, external to the subject's conscience, do not really transform his conduct. Jean Piaget
Down Rules Moral More More Or Less Remaining Him Were His Subject Conduct Child Intention Regard Laid Transform Really Less Conscience External
During the first few months of an infant's life, its manner of taking the breast, of laying its head on the pillow, etc., becomes crystallized into imperative habits. This is why education must begin in the cradle. Jean Piaget
Life Education First Few Months Must Imperative Laying Habits Head Taking Becomes Pillow Infant Begin Cradle Etc Manner Why
Egocentrism appears to us as a form of behavior intermediate between purely individual and socialized behavior. Jean Piaget
Behavior Purely Individual Between Form Us Intermediate Appears Socialized
I engage my subjects in conversation, patterned after psychiatric questioning, with the aim of discovering something about the reasoning underlying their right but especially their wrong answers. Jean Piaget
Conversation Aim About Something Wrong Underlying Answers Discovering Subjects Questioning Psychiatric After Engage Reasoning Right
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do. Karl Barth
God Saved Virtue Everyone No-One He
Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo. Karl Barth
God Faith Ideology Nothing Status Status Quo Revelation Quo Which
I admire my father greatly. Kojo Annan
Father Father's Day Admire Greatly
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome. Marco Tempest
Death Overcome Creation Must Tricks Follow Magic Archetypes Resurrection Obstacles Tales Narrative Loss Fiction
Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man. Mario Botta
Man Architecture Church Sacred Idea Which Fundamental Need
I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with a completely new perspective. I love the idea that people will sit in one room for a couple of hours and listen. Natasha Tsakos
Life Love You People Perspective Will Somebody Become Sit Else Idea New Hours Look Couple New Perspective Listen Transform Theater Room
The dose makes the poison. Paracelsus
Poison Makes Dose
What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. Paracelsus
Eyes Trees See Perceive Only Remedy Stones Herbs
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