#impart

After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth. ↗

— John Biddle

#both #calling #earnest #embrace #find

Giese was an unemotional man, but then in the study of Solaris emotion is a hindrance to the explorer. Imagination and premature theorizing are positive disadvantages in approaching a planet where—as has become clear—anything is possible... The fact is that in spite of his cautious nature the scrupulous Giese more than once jumped to premature conclusions. Even when on their guard, human beings inevitably theorize. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#the-other #imagination

As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#appointment #bbc #been #broad #confident

Thanks to the high standing which science has for so long attain and to the impartiality of the Nobel Prize Committee, the Nobel Prize for Physics is rightly considered everywhere as the highest reward within the reach of workers in Natural Philosophy. ↗

— Guglielmo Marconi

#committee #considered #everywhere #high #highest

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. ↗

— Jane Porter

#candles #depriving #flame #imparting #knowledge

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#am #brilliant #browns #cannot #colours

The great city can teach something that no university by itself can altogether impart: a vivid sense of the largeness of human brotherhood, a vivid sense of man's increasing obligation to man; a vivid sense of our absolute dependence on one another. ↗

— Seth Low

#altogether #another #brotherhood #city #dependence

It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force. ↗

— Jack Lynch

#force #impartial #longer #obvious #police

I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#concentrate #decision #deem #faced #fair

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. ↗

— Sophocles

#general #good #good news #impart #merit