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But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable orthodoxy; heresy in the form of indifference.
Karl Rahner— 1963 'Natur undGnade'in Fragen derTheologieHeute (translated by DinahWharton as Nature and Grace,1963).
Little things affect little minds.
benjamin disraeli— 1845 Sybil, bk.3, ch.2.
Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name; So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame Angels affect us oft, and worshipped be; Still when, to where thou wert, I came, Some lovely glorious nothing did I see.
john donne— c.1595-1605 'Air and Angels', collected in Songs and Sonnets (1633).
A Babylonish dialect Which learned pedants much affect.
— Canto I, line 93.
Some people do indeed say that Eratosthenes could not have inferred the true measure of the earth. Whether true or untrue, it cannot affect the truth of what I have written on the fixing of the quarters from which the different winds blow.
vitruvius— De architectura, Book I, Chapter VI, Section 11 (~15 BC).
States should practice multilateralism and abandon unilateral actions that adversely affect a democratic and equitable international order, refraining from the threat or use of force. They should apply international law uniformly, abandon overreliance on “positivism” and efforts to circumvent treaty obligations or invent loopholes. As “nature abhors a vacuum” (Spinoza, Ethics), human rights law abhors “legal black holes”
— United Nations General Assembly - Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order [23]
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act I, scene 1, line 39.
Futurists believe that accelerating and convulsive changes will characterize our world for decades to come. These will affect profoundly every political institution, and every religious institution in its mission to relate faith to societal changes. Those who enter the twenty first century can expect a continuation and acceleration of this trend toward permanent resolution.
— Norman E. Thomas, in Toward the Twenty-first Century in Christian Mission: Essays in Honor of Gerald H. Anderson, Director, Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, Editor, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1993, p.363
Some people do indeed say that Eratosthenes could not have inferred the true measure of the earth. Whether true or untrue, it cannot affect the truth of what I have written on the fixing of the quarters from which the different winds blow.
— Chapter VI, Sec. 11 (Book I)
One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneously the two facts that Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being. The one does not invalidate or, in a sense, affect the other.
george orwell— Quoted in Orwell, by Michael Shelden (1991).
If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please.
johann kaspar lavater— No. 643 (Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788))
Could someone please tell me how this will affect me? Come on, this is Harvard, folks. I came all the way out here to learn this.
jesse ventura— On same-sex marriage.
I wanted people who wouldn't become too worried about casualties. One always should be concerned about casualties, but the risk of incurring casualties can't be allowed to affect decisions, unless it's evident casualties will be prohibitively heavy. There may be no safe way to write this.
christopher vokes— England, p. 76
A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.
robert f. kennedy— Speech in the United States Senate (9 May 1966)
Unless we exercise our power to choose wisely, our actions will be determined by conditions. Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
stephen covey— Ch. 11 (Principle-Centered Leadership (1992))
It seems that when an impending catastrophe will affect them personally, in their very flesh and blood, intellectuals start to think more clearly about the legal and institutional prerequisites of a free society.
anthony daniels— Ideas That Kill (Winter 2000)
What a man does in his closet ought not to affect the rights of third persons.
kenyon, lloyd, 1st baron kenyon— Outram v. Morewood (1793), 5 T. R. 123.
When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as a daimonic necessity for contact, a mad drive forcing touch in the most direct way possible.
rollo may— Ch. 1 : Introduction : Our Schizoid World, p. 31
Whatever we may think or affect to think of the present age, we cannot get out of it; we must suffer with its sufferings, and enjoy with its enjoyments; we must share in its lot, and, to be either useful or at ease, we must even partake its character.
john stuart mill— "The Spirit of the Age, I", Examiner (9 January 1831), p. 20 Full text online
The actions and inactions of hundreds of millions of people and nearly 200 states, will affect what kind of world emerges in the time ahead.
herbert schiller— Chapter Two, Visions Of Global Electronic Mastery, p. 67
A common misperception of me is that I am a victim. I am not a victim. I am just honest about how things affect me.
stella vine— Mansfield, Karl. "The 5-Minute Interview: Stella Vine: 'There have been a few times", The Independent, (2005-11-28)On a common misperception about her.
[Ackoff also developed the circular organization concept. This structure is a democratic hierarchy with three essential characteristics:] (1) the absence of an ultimate authority, the circularity of power; (2) the ability of each member to participate directly or through representation in all decisions that affect him or her directly; and (3) the ability of members, individually or collectively, to make and implement decisions that affect no one other than the decision maker or decision-makers.
— Ackoff’s (1994) The Democratic Corporation: A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success. p.117 cited in: Stuart A. Umpleby and Eric B. Dent. (1999) "The Origins and Purposes of Several Traditions. in Systems Theory and Cybernetics". in Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal, Vol 30. pp. 79-103
'Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes?
john heywood— John Heywood, Royal King and Loyal Subject, Act II, scene 2.
Unless Parliament has conferred upon the Court that power in language which is unmistakable, the Court is not to assume that Parliament intended to do that which so seriously affect foreigners who are not resident here, and might give offence to foreign Governments. Unless Parliament has used such plain terms as show that they really intended us to do that, we ought not to do it.
— Lindley, M.R., In re A. B. & Co. (1900), L. R. 1 Q. B. D. [1900], C. A. p. 544. See also Ex-parte Blain, 12 Ch. D. 522; In re Pearson (1892), 2 Q. B. 263.
What a man does in his closet ought not to affect the rights of third persons.
— Lord Kenyon, C.J., Outram v. Morewood (1793), 5 T. R. 123.
SF has never really aimed to tell us when we might reach other planets, or develop new technologies, or meet aliens. SF speculates about why we might want to do these things, and how their consequences might affect our lives and our planet.
— John Clute, Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (1995)
Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that takes place in areas related to politics and policy-making by elected officials. That special risk justifies especially strong pro-speech judicial presumptions. It also justifies careful review whenever the speech in question seeks to shape public opinion, particularly if that opinion in turn will affect the political process and the kind of society in which we live.
— Stephen Breyer (2008). Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 42. ISBN 0-307-26313-4. OCLC 59280151. .
Nor need the fact that rejections of god have taken place in certain parts of the earth and will often take place hereafter, disturb the mind of the wise: both because these things do not affect the Gods, just as we saw that worship did not benefit them; and because the soul, being of middle essence, cannot be always right; and because the whole world cannot enjoy the providence of the Gods equally, but some parts may partake of it eternally, some at certain times, some in the primal manner, some in the secondary.
— XVIII. Why there are rejections of God, and that God is not injured.
affect not as some do that bookish ambition to be stored with books and have well-furnished libraries, yet keep their heads empty of knowledge; to desire to have many books, and never to use them, is like a child that will have a candle burning by him all the while he is sleeping.
— Henry Peacham, in The Compleat Gentleman (1622).
