Best 196 quotes in «characteristics quotes» category

The Jew has always been a people with definite racial characteristics and never a religion.

The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics

The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.

The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.

The most distinctive, and perhaps the most impressive, characteristic of American scenery is its wilderness.

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

The need to raise itself above humanity is humanity's main characteristic.

The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.

The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic of mankind and needs to be fought against if a person is to be happy.

The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.

Theres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ has done for us, instead of we are saved by what we do for God.

There is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art product which has nothing to do with its material life.

There's no denial that one's gender orientation is certainly a core characteristic of any person, but it's not the only one.

There are times when folks will point out certain characteristics I have, like me being an interruptor, and attribute them to my Jewish identity.

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

This characteristic of Dasein's being this "that it is" is veiled in its "whence" and "whither.

The truth is, however, that every religion form is superior to the others in a particular respect, and it is this characteristic that in fact indicates the sufficient reason for the existence of that form.

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical) characteristics, which have no deeper meaning.

To convulse reality from within, to demonstrate it as fractured spacing, became the collective result of all that vast range of techniques to which surrealist photographers resorted and which they understood as producing the characteristics of the sign.

To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.

Tremendous interest in the superficial is very characteristic of cultures in decline.

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.

...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of geometrical figures or of the spatial properties of relationships of actual bodies is intended, and any similarities between the primitive concepts and their customary geometrical connotations are purely coincidental.

Tolerance and tranquility are two characteristics of true love.

Trust is probably the intangible, and cultivated of all characteristic.

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

We have the agency to choose which characteristics will define us; those choices are not thrust upon us.

Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation.

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I am a back number. ... the fear of being copied is often the characteristic of the meager imagination.

Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first & main characteristic of mankind.

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.

What is characteristic of illusions is that they are derived from human wishes.

Which is the most universal human characteristic: fear, or laziness?

26. Don’t marry someone with intolerable characteristics in the hopes of changing him or her. If you can’t live with someone who drinks or someone who isn’t a Christian or someone who isn’t clean, then don’t marry that kind of person. The chances for miraculous improvements or changes in behavior are slim. What you see is what you get!

With theory, we can separate fundamental characteristics from fascinating idiosyncrasies and incidental features. Theory supplies landmarks and guideposts, and we begin to know what to observe and where to act.

At sixteen, you still think you can escape from your father. You aren't listening to his voice speaking through your mouth, you don't see how your gestures already mirror his; you don't see him in the way you hold your body, in the way you sign your name. You don't hear his whisper in your blood.

Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.

You are both daring and unscrupulous, and you think fast. I have been looking for a person with those particular characteristics. Also I noticed you speak Babylonian.

Children are no longer being parented, but are raised. Thats why they don't have morals, ethics,humanity and manners, because their parents neglected them. We now live in a society that doesnt care about right or wrong.

Good writers always have a strong sense of who they are and who they are not. Like actors, their boundaries are strong, and fluid. They have a deep understanding of the human condition, and an empathy that is not so diffuse that it is diluted.

First, create your ego. Then destroy it. This is all of life.