Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future because to live consists inexorably in doing in each individual life making itself.
The prospects for a coherent hilarious and consistent American comedy seem to lessen every year as the poor waterlogged gassy corpse called 'Evan Almighty' proved when it floated ashore recently. So there's a temptation to think too highly of Robin Williams's uneven but occasionally funny 'License to Wed.'
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.
The first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine for himself in what manner his labour shall be employed and how he will dispose of its products.
Freedom morality and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this that he does good not because he is forced to do so but because he freely conceives it wants it and loves it.
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain which is the positive element of life.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like but in having the right to do what we ought.
The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all but had been applied in various churches perhaps however with no strict consistency.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
The seven wise men of Greece so famous for their wisdom all the world over acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.
Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home I think can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
It's not that our family has no taste it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.
All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind yet not apart from the world of natural phenomena.
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith and inconsistent with it. But all science in fact rests on a basis of faith for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.