Fundamental Principles Quotes

• It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

  Stephen Covey

  Heart, Character, Apology

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• A modern mathematical proof is not very different from a modern machine, or a modern test setup: the simple fundamental principles are hidden and almost invisible under a mass of technical details.

  Hermann Weyl

  Simple, Simplicity, Principles

  Hermann Weyl (2013). “Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• Without compassion, we will never know anyone or anything, not even our own story. Too much judgment, too many ideas and attitudes will stand in the way of the fundamental principle that we are similar to, connected with, and part of everything else.

  Deena Metzger

  Attitude, Compassion, Ideas

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• Religious people claim that it's just the fundamentalists of each religion that cause problems. But there's got to be something wrong with the religion itself if those who strictly adhere to its most fundamental principles are violent bigots and sexists.

  David G. McAfee

  Inspirational, God, Religious

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• I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Rights, Principles, Fundamentals

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.

  Elon Musk

  Views, Tree, Advice

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. January 5, 2015.

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• Teachings and ideologies subversive to the fundamental principles of this great Republic, which are contrary to the Constitution of the United States, or which are detrimental to the progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be condemned, whether advocated by Republicans or Democrats.

  David O. McKay

  Jesus, Teaching, Progress

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• Chairman Mao's greatest contribution was that he applied the principles of Marxism-Leninism to the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, pointing the way to victory. It should be said that before the sixties or the late fifties many of his ideas brought us victories, and the fundamental principles he advanced were quite correct.

  Deng Xiaoping

  Chinese Revolution, Practice, Ideas

  Source: blog.hiddenharmonies.org

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• If you just fight against everything willy-nilly, then the message is you're just gonna obstruct on anything. I would rather fight very, very hard on matters of fundamental principle and then have the critique be that Trump is violating the very foundations of America.

  Tim Kaine

  Fighting, America, Fundamentals

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.

  Ali Khamenei

  Teaching, Islamic, Rights

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• Our modern world defined God as a ‘religious complex’ and laughed at the Ten Commandments as OLD FASHIONED. Then, through the laughter came the shattering thunder of the World War. And now a blood-drenched, bitter world — no longer laughing — cries for a way out. There is but one way out. It existed before it was engraven upon Tablets of Stone. It will exist when stone has crumbled. The Ten Commandments are not rules to obey as a personal favor to God. They are the fundamental principles without which mankind cannot live together.

  Cecil B. DeMille

  Religious, Laughter, War

  "Cecil B. DeMille's Campaign for a Godly Culture" by Mark H. Creech, www.christianpost.com. September 9, 2013.

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• Presently, my understanding of the fundamental principles of the theory of high-intensity training is thorough and complete - not two plus two equals three-and-a-half, but two plus two equals four! Heretofore, I would only occasionally have clients gain 10 to 20 pounds in a month or 30 to 40 pounds in three to four months. Now such is no longer the exception , but the rule!

  Mike Mentzer

  Two, Understanding, Training

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• The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the
  sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Ideas, Principles, Fundamentals

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• There is a fundamental principle. People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country. That to me is a very basic, elementary, and uncomplicated question.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Country, People, Principles

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• The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Jesus, Rose, Heaven

  "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", 121, May 8, 1838.

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• Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism”; it is designed to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Brother, War, Men

  "History of the Church". Book by Joseph Smith, Jr., July 23, 1843.

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• One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Principles, Mormonism, Fundamentals

  "Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith". Book by Joseph Smith, p. 199, July 9, 1843.

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• The Constitution of the United States has been mentioned...as the basis of wise decisions in fundamental principles as applied to all matters pertaining to law and order, because it was framed by men whom God raised up for this very purpose. But in addition to that inspired document, we must always keep in mind that the greatest weapons that can be forged against any false philosophy are the positive teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Harold B. Lee

  Wise, Jesus, Philosophy

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• The kingdom of God must be a continuing revolution against the norms of the society that fall below the standards that are set for us in the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the field of public life, it must be a continuing revolution against proposals that contradict the fundamental principles as laid down in the Constitution of the United States, which was written by men whom God raised up for this very purpose. If we remember that, we will be in the forefront of every battle against the things that are tearing down our society.

  Harold B. Lee

  Jesus, Fall, Men

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• We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based on the fundamental principle that judges interpret and apply but do not make law.

  Orrin Hatch

  Law, Judging, Political

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• [Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian religion. It is an essential fundamental principle of all religions, whatever stage of development a society has reached, to sympathize with others and to promote that spirit of equality.

  Nelson Mandela

  Christian, Essence, Giving

  Source: www.mott.org

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• The old fundamental principles must continue to apply, even in our changing society: Democracy knows neither master nor slave. Equal education opportunities for all, no matter where they come from and no matter who their parents are. Equal access as well when it comes to digitalization.

  Martin Schulz

  Opportunity, Parent, Democracy

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The agreement is fundamentally that we want to try to resolve this. The agreement is that ISIL is a threat to everybody, and we need to come together to find a way to fight ISIL. The agreement is that we want to save Syria, keep it unified, keep it secular. So surely in those very fundamental principles on which we could agree.

  John F. Kerry

  Fighting, Agreement, Trying

  Interview With Nicolle Wallace, Mike Barnicle, Mark Halperin, Richard Haass, and Katty Kay of MSNBC's Morning Joe, 2009-2017.state.gov. September 29, 2015.

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• As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Principles, Fundamentals

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• I think the archaic idea is actually winner take all, because the principle of "one person, one vote" is a principle that was introduced as a fundamental principle in American law in 1962, long after states had moved to "one person, one vote."

  Lawrence Lessig

  Thinking, Law, Ideas

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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