1,227 Quotes About Principles

The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with the principle that labor must be freely undertaken and under the control of the producer.

Never make a principle out of your experience. Allow God to be as creative with others as He is with you.

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Motives are symptoms of weakness, and supplements for the deficient energy of the living principle, the law within us. Let them then be reserved for those momentous acts and duties in which the strongest and best-balanced natures must feel themselves deficient, and where humility no less than prudence prescribes deliberation.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences.