#precisely

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. ↗

— George Orwell

#does #exists #felt #forces #him

If feminism has receded in visibility and prestige, it is precisely because its vision of life's goals and rewards has become too narrow and elitist. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#become #elitist #feminism #goals #life

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#beings #feel #half #human #human beings

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#faith #precisely #resisted

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#impossible #must #precisely #thought #unthinkable

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#becoming #difficult #leader #precisely #simple

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#because #believe #cannot #capable #god

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#politics #precisely #small #stakes #university

I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#course #depicting #get #ground #i

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. ↗

— Richard Adams

#belief #contingent #forces #heart #human