Definitions Quotes
Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.
My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources.
In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else.
Definition of Good and Evil: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don't like.
Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them.
By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.
We must go out to Pure Life, Pure Truth, Pure Love, and that is the definition of God. He is the ultimate goal of life; from Him we came, and in Him alone do we find our peace.
The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy.
The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.
If you want a definition of poetry, say: Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing and let it go at that.
A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure.
Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and organising our thought.
The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again
I think that people feel they know what love means, it's probably one of the most used words in the world but has the most completely different definitions from one person to another.
I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.
Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in the phrase: To create a harmony.
Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.
In a way, this is a definition of shamanism. A shaman is a person who by some means has gotten out of their own culture.
My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.
Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.
Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything.
Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.
Every activity performed in public can attain an excellence never matched in privacy; for excellence, by definition, the presence of others is always required.
And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed
The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.
Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
I don't believe there is any such definition, there is no such thing as evil, only moral judgments based on what society believes to be wrong behavior.
While an artist can choose whether or not to be responsive and responsible towards other human beings, by definition a designer must be.
Our definition of a weakness is anything that gets in the way of excellent performance.
Somebody who is unique - and this will get me into trouble - by definition cannot be replaced.
Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic,bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned.
This, then, is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.
