Distinction Quotes

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.