The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
Scientific physiology has the task of determining the functions of the animal body and deriving them as a necessary consequence from its elementary conditions.
The abundance Jesus offers is a spiritual abundance that transcends circumstances, like income, health, living conditions, and even death. The abundant life is eternal.
No terms, no conditions, no promises, no commitment, and no institution—but only another example of what happens when law and politics attempt to regulate a religious institution.
It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me.
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.
Social conditioning, accompanied by moral and mental constraints, now serve to render the mediocre mind nearly incapable of unbiased assessment.
Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution.
If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.
Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.
What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the conditioning that maims the female personality in creating the feminine.
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.
My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment.
While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
