The definition of flexibility is being constantly open to the fact that you might be on the wrong track.
. . . 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.
You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request. ” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel obedience, by definition you’re making a request.
Art. Its definitions are legion, its meanings multitudinous, its importance often debated. But amid the many contradictory definitions of art, one has always stood the test of time, from the Upanishads in the East, to Michelangelo in the West: art is the perception and depiction of the sublime, the transcendent, the beautiful, the spiritual.
Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.
Recite to yourself some of the traditional attributes of the word 'spiritual': mythic, magical, ethereal, incorporeal, intangible, nonmaterial, disembodied, ideal, platonic. Is that not a definition of the electronic-digital?
I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.
Love is a continual interrogation. I don’t know of a better definition of love.
What's the definition of a good flame? One you agree with.
Woman is at once apple and serpent.
I think we try to box and put God in some limited definition, which is impossible.
I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.
When you find your definitions in God, you find the very purpose for which you were created. Put your hand into God's hand, know His absolutes, demonstrate His love, present His truth, and the message of redemption and transformation will take hold.
The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.
As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.
Empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone.
People often say to me, "How come you don't want to be CEO of a company?" And I tell them, "I don't want to. " I know I can do it, but I don't enjoy it. Why does that have to be the definition of success?
The monstrous act by definition demands a monster.
My friend Harry Nilsson used to say the definition of an artist was someone who rode way ahead of the herd and was sort of the lookout. Now you don't have to be that, to be an artist. You can be right smack-dab in the middle of the herd. If you are, you'll be the richest.