Prerequisites Quotes

• Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Light, Imperfection

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• A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Strong, Civilization, Pyramids

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche”, Delphi Classics

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• The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness - enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Enlightenment, Development, Fields

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• Failure is an absolute prerequisite for success. You learn to succeed by failing.

  Brian Tracy

  Succeed, Failing, Absolutes

  Twitter post from Oct 12, 2016

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• I dont understand, but understanding something isnt a prerequisite to feeling it. We dont have to understand things in order to be affected by them.

  Josh James

  Order, Understanding, Feelings

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• A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God

  Michael L. Brown

  Cleansing, Access, Conscience

  Michael L. Brown (2014). “Hyper-Grace”, p.49, Charisma Media

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• The prerequisite of contrapuntal art, more conspicuous in the work of Bach than in that of any other composer, is an ability to conceive a priori of melodic identities which when transposed, inverted, made retrograde, or transformed rhythmically will yet exhibit, in conjunction with the original subject matter, some entirely new but completely harmonious profile.

  Glenn Gould

  Art, Identity, Matter

  "Song: 'So You Want To Write A Fugue'". 1997.

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• To be sure, man's search for meaning may arouse inner tension rather than inner equilibrium. However, precisely such tension is an indispensable prerequisite of mental health. There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life. There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Men, World, May

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.91, Beacon Press

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• For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Organization, Church

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• People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined as "the constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken."... Understood, however, as the prerequisite of great accomplishment, diligence stands as one of the most difficult challenges facing any group of people who take on tasks of risk and consequence. It sets a high, seemingly impossible, expectation for performance and human behavior.

  Atul Gawande

  People, Accomplishment, Expectations

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• Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule.

  Carl Sagan

  Country, Ignorance, Government

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.546, Ballantine Books

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• Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.

  Brené Brown

  Worthiness

  "Insights at the Edge" with Tami Simon, www.soundstrue.com.

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• Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want nothing for ourselves that we are able to see clearly into others needs and understand how to serve them.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Yoga, Thinking, Attachment

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• If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery.

  John Maeda

  Passion, Creativity, Successful

  Twitter post from Nov 9, 2014

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• We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know in that way is a prerequisite of all true prayer.

  Ole Hallesby

  Prayer, Needs, Safe

  Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• The prerequisite for making love is to like someone enormously.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Real, Love Is, Making Love

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• An inner knowing, along with a burning desire, is the prerequisite for becoming a person capable of manifesting his or her heart's desires.

  Wayne Dyer

  Heart, Knowing, Desire

  Wayne W. Dyer (2012). “Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting”, p.34, Hay House, Inc

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• People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.

  Iain Banks

  Running, Teacher, Thinking

  Iain Banks (2008). “The Crow Road”, Macadam Cage Pub

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• Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of grammaticality; those who are belong in special institutions. The unity of language is fundamentally political.

  Gilles Deleuze

  Law, Political, Unity

  Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari (2004). “EPZ Thousand Plateaus”, p.112, A&C Black

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• As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer.

  Brennan Manning

  Art, Prayer, Broken

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.26, NavPress

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• Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

  Marlon Brando

  Privacy, Absolutes, Entitled

  "Marlon Brando". Book by David Shipman, Ch. 11, 1989.

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• A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.

  Daniel Goleman

  Pain, Empathy, Attention

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• For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Latin, Years

  "Noam Chomsky on Venezuela - the transcript". Interview with Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2011.

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• Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Simplicity

  "How do we tell truths that might hurt?" by Edsger Dijkstra, www.cs.virginia.edu. June 18, 1975.

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• There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.

  Ann Jillian

  Cancer, Breasts, Detection

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