Nicolas Malebranche Quotes

We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains.

Nicolas Malebranche

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 6, 1638 - October 13, 1715

Topics

MindWorldAttentionDwellSeeOnly

A lot of the fighters will say you'll know if a fighter's won or lost just by a fighter's eyes - whether they're scared of the other person.

Joel Edgerton

EyesYouPersonLostKnowSay

If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow fat and lazy on two guaranteed meals a day than wild animals that have to go out into the jungle and hunt for opportunities in order to eat.

Matt Taibbi

DayOpportunitiesGrowFatHouseGo

Americans overthrew governments only when economic interests coincided with ideological ones.

Stephen Kinzer

EconomicOnlyInterestsGovernments

I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called 'a life' - I've refused to give up.

Robin S. Sharma

LifeRideMountainDownTopDarkest

I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life in my fiction.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

LifeEndDetailsI CanKnowMy Own

The vast majority of Secret Service agents are incredibly competent people.

Bob Beckel

ServicePeopleSecretMajorityVast

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

Artie Lange

YouSayMoviesCriticsBeenNone

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

Alfred Korzybski

LifeBelieveThinkingDoubtTwoUs

You can always keep learning with acting, because the school is life and yourself and your friends and your relationships. I'm fascinated by it! It's infinito!

Penelope Cruz

LifeLearningYourselfSchoolActing

Steve Howey is probably the funniest man in Hollywood. For real. He is just that person that can make you laugh at all times.

Shanola Hampton

ManLaughYouPersonHollywoodReal

If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

Norman Ralph Augustine

GoodTodayTomorrowYesterdayTwice

For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I've muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all.

Richard Ford

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