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Quotes: Sociology

 "Sociology is the science with the largest domain of all the sciences; its subject matter is nothing less than the totality of human civilization." — Pitirim Sorokin "The first wisdom of sociology is this: things are not what they seem." — Peter L. Berger "Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun." — Clifford Geertz "Sociology is the systematic study of human society and social interaction. It is a systematic understanding of the social actions, social practices, and the social life of the human beings." — Haralambos and Holborn "Sociology is the study of patterns of social relations and how those patterns shape and influence human behavior." — George Ritzer "Sociology is the queen of the social sciences." — Auguste Comte "The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society." — C. Wright Mills "Sociology asks two q...

Quotes: Hinduism

 "Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true." — Swami Vivekananda "The highest result of education is tolerance." — Vivekananda "The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice." — Bhagavad Gita "Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper in an instant." — Paramahansa Yogananda "Do not be led by others, awaken your own mind, amass your own experience, and decide for yourself your own path." — The Atharva Veda "You have the right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions." — Bhagavad Gita "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." — Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy (often cited in conjunction with Hindu ecological philosophy) "When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering, like the flame of a lamp in a ...

Quotes: Science

 "Science is organized knowledge." — Herbert Spencer "The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them." — Sir William Bragg "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." — Louis Pasteur "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." — Albert Einstein "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." — Adam Smith "Science is not only a disciple of reason but also one of romance and passion." — Stephen Hawking "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." — Stephen Hawking "The science of today is the technology of tomorrow." — Edward Teller "The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions....

Quotes: Leadership

 "The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." — Ronald Reagan "Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge." — Simon Sinek "Leadership is not about being in front. It is about taking people where they have never been before." — Anonymous "A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." — Arnold H. Glasow "Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation." — Simon Sinek "Leadership is not about being the best. It is about making everyone else better." — Anonymous "The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." — Ralph Nader "Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another." — John C. Maxwell "Leader...

Quotes: Love

 "Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable." - Mahatma Gandhi "Love is not just something you feel, it is something you do." - David Wilkerson "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." - Maya Angelou "Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." - H. Jackson Brown Jr. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." - David Viscott "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." - Martin Luther King Jr. "Love is the greatest refreshment in life." - Pablo Picasso "Love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it." - Nicholas Sparks "Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day." - Unknown "Love is composed of a single soul inhabitin...

Quotes: Success

 "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill "Success is not in what you have, but who you are." - Bo Bennett "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill "Success is not the destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream." - Marlon Wayans "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis "Success is not just about making money. It's about makin...

Quotes: Honesty

 "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." -Thomas Jefferson   “A half truth is a whole lie.” ~ Yiddish Proverb "Every lie is two lies, the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it." --Robert Brault  “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”  ― Spencer Johnson  "Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself." --William Shakespeare “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”  ― James E Faust  “No legacy is so rich as honesty.”  -William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well  “It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.”  ― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid  “Honest people don't hide their deeds.”  ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights "When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth."  --Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner  "Honesty is the first cha...