#stance

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#answer #chain #circumstances #complicated #find

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#born #both #britain #british #circumstances

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

#distance #every #free #home #i

Every job has a unique situational circumstance. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#every #job #situational #unique

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#backed #divine #even #expect #faith

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#momentary #process #scientific #static #then

So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble. ↗

— John Podesta

#circumstances #could #get #i #i think

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. ↗

— Jean Paul

#distance #gray #heads #like #look

Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each. ↗

— Arthur Peacocke

#attributes #between #classical #conceiving #creative

As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man out of uniform. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#between #circumstances #civilian #danger #distinction