Believing in an idea is dangerous! Because belief is absolute, and absolute, is unconditional, it is supreme, its ultimate and therefore fixed, which by definition will never be acceptable to change.
What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty.
The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.
What's the definition of a good flame? One you agree with.
Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.
Pedagogically, we need definitions and borders. They help us get our heads around what we're talking about.
. . . I suddenly woke up to the fact that if I accepted anybody's definition of what there was in the world, I would be limited.
Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined.
The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.
deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.
These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth.
My definition of love is: Being willing to die for someone, that you yourself want to kill.
Ultimately, the definition of bravery is not being afraid of yourself.
Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic,bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned.
When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.
The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually “grasp” reality.
If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.
The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.