Fundamental Quotes

Something in the world forces us to think. This something is an object not of recognition but of a fundamental encounter.

Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest.

The fundamental event of the modern age is the conquest of the world as a picture.

The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.

Theosophy tries to bridge the gulf between Buddhism and Christianity by pointing to the fundamental spiritual truths on which both religions are built, and by winning people to regard the Buddha and the Christ as fellow-laborers, and not as rivals.

Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

To be sure, the fundamental task of management remains the same: to make people capable of joint performance through common goals, common values, the right structure, and the training and development they need to perform and to respond to change.

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.