#inherent

And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#civilization #combined #energies #genius #individual

If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#assumption #become #concrete #direction #experience

Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#been #caught #fights #food #inability

Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us? ↗

— Soledad O'Brien

#cruelty #inherent #us

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#always #better #inherent #instinct #others

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#defeat #except #failure #inherent #insurmountable

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#concept #flawed #i #inherently #perfection

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#envy #equal #failure #gospel #ignorance

Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#changing #despite #emphasis #even #evil

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life. ↗

— Linda Vester

#important #inherently #life #relation #sometimes