Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher, Theologian
"If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe."
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Paulo Freire
Educator, Author
"Reading is not walking on the words; it's grasping the soul of them."
Abigail Adams
First Lady, Advocate
"I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature."
Mencius
Philosopher
"To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only."
James Allen
Author, Philosopher
"Nature gives all, without reservation, and loses nothing; man or woman, grasping all, loses everything."
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"It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories."
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"Pain is what I feed from when nothing else will nourish the noxious fury in my heart. It’s what I cling to when everything else—everyone else—slips right between my grasping fingers."
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"[Heraclitus had] pride not in logical knowledge but rather in intuitive grasping of the truth."
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