In separateness only does love learn definition.
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty
My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.
Any definition which limits us is deplorable.
There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.
A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.
By any sane definition of success, if you wake up in a pool of blood and nobody has shot you, you are not successful.
The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.
Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.
The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.
I also believe that upending ingrained ideas about what assault is a gun to the head, a stranger, a parking lot and what consent looks like a woman who gives a no really means yes is very messy. And part of the messiness is some students - and yes, usually these are liberal students - over-determining the definition of assault.
Politicians are nauseating by definition. . . They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create value, this total inferiority, makes them jealous, vengeful, insolent and a menace to life and limb.
The standard is not writ on the stone. The definition of the standard is that it is the best way to do the job for now. It should be regarded as a next step to make further improvement.
The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you're going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can appreciate your happiness - celebrate your happiness, even when she's not necessarily happy herself.
Being able to make a living doing something one truly loves to do - is my definition of success.
Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.
For thousands of years, most marriages were in Stage I--survival-focused. After World War II, marriages increasingly flirted with Stage II--a self-fulfillment focus. . . Love's definition is in a transition.
The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character. All individuals are a bundle of contradictions - none more so than the most capable.
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas.