Quotes about Insofar

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. Votes: 4

Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer. Votes: 3

Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock. Votes: 3

Insofar as mathematics is true, it does not describe the real world. Insofar as it describes the real world, it is not true. Votes: 3

Insofar as we may at all claim that slavery has been abolished today, we owe its abolition to the practical consequences of science Votes: 3

Insofar we are death-bound, existence is urgent and frightful. Insofar as are groundless, it is vertiginous and dreamlike. Insofar as we are insatiable, it is unquiet and tormented. Votes: 3

Insofar we are death-bound, existence is urgent and frightful. Insofar as are groundless, it is vertiginous and dreamlike. Insofar as we are insatiable, it is unquiet and tormented. Votes: 3

Insofar as it represents a genuine reconciliation of differences, a consensus is a fine thing; insofar as it represents a concealment of differences, it is a miscarriage of democratic procedure. Votes: 3

Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape their direction. All great writers demand great critics. Votes: 3

Insofar as he'd formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding. She mistook mannerisms for manners. Votes: 3

Insofar as Zionism sought to solve the Jewish question, it must be reckoned not just a failure but a catastrophe: Israel is the main cause of anti-Semitism in the world today. Votes: 3

The two ideas are antithetical. Insofar as photography is (or should be) about the world, the photographer counts for little, but insofar as it is the instrument of intrepid, questioning subjectivity, the photographer is all. Votes: 3

God is in the world, or nowhere, creating continually in us and around us. Insofar as man partakes of this creative process does he partake of the divine, of God, and that participation is his immortality .... Votes: 3

Insofar as Trumpism was understood, it was seen as a side-effect of poverty, ignorance and educational failure. A cry from people who deserved sympathy, but who should never be allowed to set the terms of political debate. Votes: 3

Immensely clever and libidinously hilarious.The most astonishing thing about Love in a Dead Language is its ingenious construction. Insofar as any printed volume can lay claim to being a multimedia work, this book earns that distinction. Votes: 3

Insofar as the church fails to do the will of God, I am called upon to help it discover and to do the will of God; and I am called upon to help the government to do the same. Votes: 3

Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is something superficial and volatile about the seasonal and elusive whims of fashion which offends my sense of beauty. Votes: 3

Insofar as the genocide embodied in residential schooling arises as an integral aspect of colonialism, then colonialism must be seen as constituting that source... To be in any way an apologist for colonialism is to be an active proponent of genocide. Votes: 3

Insofar as human beings flower on the ground of freedom, justice guards that ground. Insofar as human beings flower in the soil of community, justice tends that soil. Justice makes possible a social order that people can truly be said to share freely. Votes: 3

Insofar as the universities are free and independent, they will also be "subversive," in the sense that dominant structures of power and their ideological support will be subjected to challenge and critique, a counterpart to attitudes that are fostered in the hard sciences wherever they are taken seriously. Votes: 3

Love hunger and thirst for the sake of Christ. Insofar as you pacify your body, so much much will you do make your soul virtuous. God, who rewards thoughts, words, and deeds, will give good in return for even a small thing which you gladly suffer for His sake. Votes: 3

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal. Votes: 2

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't. Votes: 2

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety. Votes: 2

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that. Votes: 2

Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club. Votes: 2

Symbolic violence is violence wielded with tacit complicity between its victims and its agents, insofar as both remain unconscious of submitting to or wielding it. Votes: 2

Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death. Votes: 2

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. Votes: 2

My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation. Votes: 2

The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality. Votes: 2

There is one simple Divinity found in all things, one fecund Nature, preserving mother of the universe insofar as she diversely communicates herself, casts her light into diverse subjects, and assumes various names. Votes: 2

I admire Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich very much, and insofar as they bring up issues and carry out an educational and organisational function - that's important, and fine, and I support it. Votes: 2

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes. Votes: 2

We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the body's help and service, is better disposed for the service and praise of our Creator and Lord. Votes: 2

I'm worried about the future of America insofar as our academically most promising students are being funneled through the cookie-cutter Ivy League and other elite schools and emerging with this callow anti-American, anti-military cast to their thinking. Votes: 2

Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God. Votes: 2

I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart. Votes: 2

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. Votes: 2

Every state has an undoubted right to determine the status, or domestic and social condition, of the persons domiciled within its territory except insofar as the powers of the states in this respect are restrained, or duties and obligations imposed upon them, by the Constitution of the United States. Votes: 2

Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the sun coming in, and God, insofar as he or she exists, smiling down upon me. Then I would have never been accused of being a tyrant, other than towards myself. Votes: 2

Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us. Votes: 2

Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly. Votes: 2

I think the driving force for cultural evolution is this desire for groups to be splitting off and separating and forming subgroups insofar as the environment will allow it. We see great cultural diversity and large numbers of cultures per unit area in regions of the world in which the environment is really rich. Votes: 2

Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious. Votes: 2

It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play - their ability to deal with loss or victory, their ability to meld strategic thinking and brute force - can be taken as a small-scale model of how they, or others like them, might behave in life. Votes: 2

You know only insofar as you can measure. Votes: 0

Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel. Votes: 0

It is good insofar as it is not evil. Votes: 0

We abide in God insofar as we do not sin. Votes: 0

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty. Votes: 0

I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it. Votes: 0

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience. Votes: 0

Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state's. Votes: 0

The doors of Hell, insofar as they have locks, have locks on the inside. Votes: 0

Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas. Votes: 0

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit. Votes: 0

Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God. Votes: 0

I reject the peak oil theory insofar as it refers to technological limits on human ingenuity. Votes: 0

I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions. Votes: 0

I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since. Votes: 0

I like to think of myself as a naturalist - insofar as that term is at all clear. Votes: 0

A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth. Votes: 0

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins. Votes: 0

Reason necessarily expresses itself through emotions and emotions are healthy only insofar as they are expressions of reason. Votes: 0

Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin. Votes: 0

It was rather awkward, insofar as we were both teetering between the possibility of something and the possibility of nothing. Votes: 0

The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself. Votes: 0

Epistemology without contact with science becomes an empty scheme. Science without epistemology is-insofar as it is thinkable at all-primitive and muddled. Votes: 0

The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things. Votes: 0

Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting. Votes: 0

The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary. Votes: 0

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present. Votes: 0

Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us. Votes: 0

Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish. Votes: 0

Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself. Votes: 0

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise. Votes: 0

It is our duty to save the world. That is our mission, insofar as they will listen unto us and receive our testimony. ... Votes: 0

Conservation means development as much as it does protection. A man's usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can. Votes: 0

The poem is not a physical body. It's a textual body that has life only insofar as it can act symbolically. It cannot physically act. Votes: 0

You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his Votes: 0

[Moral responsibilities] has nothing particular to do with academia, except insofar as those within it tend to be unusually privileged in the respects just mentioned. Votes: 0

What I really need is to get clear out about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge precedes every act. Votes: 0

The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions. Votes: 0

It seems to be my destiny to discourse on truth, insofar as I discover it, in such a way that all possible authority is simultaneously demolished. Votes: 0

Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life. Votes: 0

Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant. Votes: 0

The desire of representation exists only insofar as the original is always deferred. It is only in the absence of the original that representation can take place. Votes: 0

I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them. Votes: 0

But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself. Votes: 0

We will always want films ... that basically are centred on young people, because young people is the way we live on, we older people, insofar as we live on. Votes: 0

Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus making it a singularly ineffective deterrent, yes? Votes: 0

My thesis is that the moral law is articulated with relation to the real as such, to the real insofar as it can be the guarantee of the Thing. Votes: 0

Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as pleasure-seeking tends to be followed by painful after-effects. Votes: 0

You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to pray. Votes: 0

My feeling is that whatever people elect to do, insofar as they don't deny the rights of others, every effort should be made to defend their right to do it. Votes: 0

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it." Votes: 0

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it. Votes: 0

If we ask of the saints how they achieved spiritual effectiveness, they are only able to reply that, insofar as they did it themselves, they did it by love and prayer. Votes: 0

The Darwinian revolution is about essence. The Darwinian revolution is about who we are, it's what we're made of, it's what our life means insofar as science can answer that question. Votes: 0

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. Votes: 0

Discipline is ... life-inhibiting, is at the very least curtailment of vital activity insofar as the latter cannot develop as it wishes but is confined within specific limits and subjected to specific rules. Votes: 0

Those who don't read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose heads are filled with half-truths and lies. Votes: 0

I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances, you will work for unity and peace. Votes: 0

I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. Votes: 0

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose. Votes: 0

The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one's example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish. Votes: 0

Most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich countries, has become their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives. Votes: 0

I am only satisfied insofar as I feel 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' is a definite progress, but even about this picture I am not quite satisfied. There is still too much of the old in it. Votes: 0

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself. Votes: 0

We must... maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with objects - it is a pure theory of manifolds. Votes: 0

I hate government. I hate power. I think that man's existence, insofar as he achieves anything, is to resist power, to minimize power, to devise systems of society in which power is the least exerted. Votes: 0

We can't change the world except insofar as we change the way we look at the world - and, in fact, any one of us can make that change, in any direction, at any moment. Votes: 0