Basis

Famous quotes containing the word basis:

“Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world; reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reason remain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)