#vital

It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#being #consciousness #enter #greater #i

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#being #concerned #consists #earnestly #faith

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#ensure #necessity #our #problem #rather

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government set up by our Founding Fathers. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#branch #branches #checks #fathers #form

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#aspects #developed #existence #holistic #human

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#medicaid #net #new #old #poor

We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are. ↗

— Sam Walton

#folks #interested #know #them #us

Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#down #economy #every #healthy #healthy economy

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. ↗

— Simone Weil

#country #help #interests #live #make

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience. ↗

— Rebecca West

#experience #gulf #side #than #thither