Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Quote by George Packer

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It's not how well you're able to make a movie. It's how well you're able...

It's not how well you're able to make a movie. It's how well you're able...

Trusting God to handle fretful circumstances frees us to do His will without distraction. We...

Trusting God to handle fretful circumstances frees us to do His will without distraction. We...

Know that even in the midst of your worst circumstances, you can be still and...

Know that even in the midst of your worst circumstances, you can be still and...

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is...

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is...

If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe...

If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Dont let circumstances you cant control, control your happiness.

Dont let circumstances you cant control, control your happiness.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is...

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is...

Don't let your circumstances distract you from God's truth.

Don't let your circumstances distract you from God's truth.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

You can always take the easy way out & give up but real strength comes...

You can always take the easy way out & give up but real strength comes...

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the...

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the...