Quotes About Necessity

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

THE TROUBLE with automation is that it often gives us what we don't need at the cost of what we do.

Necessity does the work of courage.

Occam's razor, the philosophical basis of all science: assume the simplest natural cause. That answer might turn out not to be correct, but we should not resort to more complex reasoning unless it is shown to be necessary.

It had to happen. It should happen soon.

Man's freedom does not free him from necessity. But twists it into unforeseeable consequences.

In general, "historical necessity" turns out to be merely a name for human stupidity.

Common good, general will, historical necessity, are the names with which the flatterer christens the whims of force.

Nicht nach Freiheit strebt der Verstand, sondern nach Unterwerfung. Die Wahrheit ist der Glanz der Notwendigkeit.

The principle of inertia and the notion of natural selection eliminated the necessity of attributing meaning to facts, but they did not demonstrate that meaning does not exist.

No ma cosa devo fare, cretino, cosa devo fare? Giudica tu: perché dovrei comperare delle cose che non mi sono assolutamente necessarie?

Vista dall'esterno, la mia esistenza era scheletrica; vista dall'interno ispirava quello che ispirano gli appartamenti il cui unico mobilio è una biblioteca sontuosamente stracolma di libri: l'ammirazione gelosa per chi non si sovraccarica del superfluo e trabocca del necessario

Sólo es realmente hermoso lo que no sirve para nada. Todo lo que es útil es feo, porque es la expresión de alguna necesidad y las necesidades del hombre son ruines y desagradables, igual que su pobre y enfermiza naturaleza. El rincón más útil de una casa son las letrinas (p.

Pluralitas non ponenda est sine necessitate

The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

have watched education become more a privilege of the rich than the basic necessity that it must be if civilized society is to survive.

Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

Prick the bubble of thought at any point," it was said, "and you shatter the whole of it. And since thought is one of the necessities of human life, it must be preserved."   Natural

Learning intuitively, we will immediately notice the deterministic necessity of the existence of all things. Everything that is necessary cannot be otherwise.

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities… are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretenses to break known rules by.

Necessity has no law.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt: It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.