I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be..

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain..

It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it..

Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement ….

Ninety percent of [contemporary philosophers] see their principle task as that of beating religion out of men's heads. ... We are far from being able….

I believe that free-market principles will solve our healthcare problems..

One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his….

After realizing a principle, unless you learn it with your body you cannot expect to get true understanding. Scholars in particular tend to learn in ….

The grand principles of virtue and honor, however they may be distorted by arbitrary codes, are the same the world over: and wherethese principles ar….

We make time for what we truly value. We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us. This is an important principle to unde….

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Planners are guided by principles derived from the behaviour and a….

To see in a thousandth of a second what indifferent people come close to without noticing - that is the principle of photographic reportage. And in t….

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle..

The easiest way to get brainwashed is to be born. All of the above principles then immediately go into action, a process which social psychologists e….

Economists get impatient with philosophy. They are often trained as skilled mathematicians. They don't like going back to ordinary language and first….

The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice..

Divide and Conquer. As long as some people have commanded the work of others, this has been management's basic principle..

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only afte….

Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve..

Teach principles not formulas..

The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development; its love - that one principle..