Rests Quotes

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score.

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

The power of ads rests more in the repetition of obvious exhortations than in the subtle transmission of values.

God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.

To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.

The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.