The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said "Your stay with us is… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Long before the advent of what scientists and scholars consider to be the beginning of human civilization, there was an age undreamed… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
These ancient huts were soon cleared of the rubbish covering them. I planned them, and removed them for investigation below, which undertaking… — Howard Carter Copy Share Image
A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Late have I loved you! And, behold, you were within… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The hallmark of an authentic evangelicalism is not the uncritical repetition of old traditions but the willingness to submit every tradition, however… — John Stott Copy Share Image
There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal. The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
Ancient art has a specific inner content. At one time, art possessed the same purpose that books do in our day, namely:… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
The history of the Bible text is a romance of literature, though it is a romance of which the consequences are of… — Frederic G. Kenyon Copy Share Image
I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy -… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
Kriya is an ancient science,” Yogananda writes. Mahavatar Babaji rediscovered and clarified the technique after it had been lost in the Dark… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
Vimes struggled to his feet, shook his head and set off after it. No thought was involved. It is the ancient instinct… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was… — John Keats Copy Share Image
The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in… — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
Everything was leveled, there were no extremes of joy or sorrow any more but only habit, routine, ancient family names and rites… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Oh, river! darkling river! what a voice Is that thou utterest while all else is still-- The ancient voice that, centuries ago,… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad.… — Paul Fleischman Copy Share Image
The Bible was so revolutionary and against all that came before it. It was a force for siding with the oppressed and… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
“It feels like we're in some old movie from an ancient time like before they invented computers and internet and cell phones.… — Sybil Nelson Copy Share Image
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment...… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: For still… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by lines, by shapes, when I see a dress on a person, when I see a beauty in a face,… — Russell James Copy Share Image
I find it exciting to get any historical material from the ground. As you know, I love to put ancient Israel and… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Isn't it time that these most ancient sorrows of ours grew fruitful? Time that we tenderly loosed ourselves from the loved one,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
There's a reason cats were near deity in ancient Egypt. Dogs may be loyal, but cats are smart. This one must recognize… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do… — Wayne D. Dosick Copy Share Image
The human mind is constructed to always move forward Hanging on to the philosophy of ancient people is a great stumbling block… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
You probably won't remember me. I'm probably ancient history. I'm one of the chosen few who went ahead and fell for you.… — Jann Arden Copy Share Image
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
The causal body is the part of you that lives forever. It is ancient and complicated. It has lived through countless lives… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nothing beats love. Love is the greatest healing power there is; nothing else comes close. Not ancient cures, modern medicines and technologies,… — Naomi Judd Copy Share Image
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