Accord Quotes

Life and Reality are not things you can have for yourself unless you accord them to all others. They do not belong to particular persons any more than the sun, moon and stars.

Our psyche is set up in accord with the structure of the universe, and what happens in the macrocosm likewise happens in the infinitesimal and most subjective reaches of the psyche

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

The truth of the scholar, alone in his study, does not always accord with what the world at large considers to be true.

One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

I am greatly pleased with the public, authentic isolation in which we two, you and I, now find ourselves. It is wholly in accord with our attitude and our principles.

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint.

Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another.

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.

The scariest thing in it may be the way the clock radio has a way of turning itself on, loudly, of its own accord. The song is always the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun." Now that's horror.

I will keep my body charged with energy for fulfillment of my purpose, in accord with that which is commanded of me.

I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.

Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . . not . . . true, not in accord with the facts of human perception.

[Magna Carta provided] "a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant or a fool.

When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.

Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature

A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set by God.

We should remember that none of us is perfect and none of us has children whose behavior is entirely in accord with exactly what we would have them do in all circumstances.

So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles.

We have today to learn to get back into accord with the wisdom of nature and realize again our brotherhood with the animals and with the water and the sea.

Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord.

Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.

If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak.

My body is in accord with my mind, my mind with my energies, my energies with my spirit, my spirit with Nothing.

Ads push the principle of noise all the way to the plateau of persuasion. They are quite in accord with the procedures of brainwashing.

If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe it falls of its own accord in the silence of the night.

Germany will never break the peace of its own accord.

That little word 'we' I mistrust and here's why: No man of another can say, 'He is I.' Behind all agreement lies something amiss All seeming accord cloaks a lurking abyss.

If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords.

Why, exactly, are scientists supposed to accord "respect" to a bunch of ancient fables that are not only ludicrous on their face, but motivate so much opposition to science?

Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

To act choicelessly is to act in accord with the situation. If someone throws a rock, you duck.

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord.

In accord with his original intent, the heavenly Father has in fact prepared an individualized kingdom for every person, from the outset of creation.

Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.

Find godliness and good will come on its own accord. And when good comes on its own accord, it has a beauty, a grace, a simplicity, a humbleness.

The continued rapid cooling of the earth since WWII is in accord with the increase in global air pollution associated with industrialisation, mechanisation, urbanisation and exploding population.

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of human limitations.

If I'm going to lose, I'd rather lose on my own accord.

The righteousness of men should be treated with the same respect that one would accord to a rattlesnake. Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

Flourishing is properly the main human end, and flourishing is activity of soul that succeeds in accord with virtue.

To be sure, President Clinton reached an accord called "The Agreement" in 1994 that purports to address some of President Reagan's concerns.