#derive

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

#cynicism #derive #dismal #fairly #hard

Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied by processes of consciousness. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#consciousness #considering #derive #forces #general

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#desires #fact #falls #illusion #instinctual

Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#consist #derive #future #goods #hold

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people. ↗

— George Mason

#associations #consequently #derived #fundamental #let us

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#alone #being #derive #men #miseries

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#comes #continuous #derived #ground #leaves

I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. ↗

— Russell Brand

#hindu #i #i do #meditation #principles

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ↗

— Confucius

#derives #integrity #nation #strength

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling