“A man who goes around with a prophecy-gun ought never to get discouraged: if he will keep up his heart and fire… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
“Michael felt as if his heart might burst. With the death of the council he had felt as though he had lost… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“God Child is a free and inspirational translation of Adam. Adam means 'human', not 'man'. The Hebrew for 'man' is 'aish'. In… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
Let's assume there is some validity in these prophecies. What vision of the future, of the new world, might we see so… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
If this superstitious fear of Spirits were taken away, and with it, Prognostiques from Dreams, false Prophecies, and many other things depending… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“Those three means are Mystery, Miracle, and Prophecy. The first two are incompatible with true religion, and the third ought always to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“About these developments George Orwell , in Nineteen Eighty-Four , was quite wrong. He described a new kind of state and police… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
“You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim… — Robert Fagles Copy Share Image
Many have said much about love, but you will find love itself only if you seek it among the disciples of Christ.… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Prophetic utterance, like poetic utterance, transforms experience and moves the receiver to new attitudes. The kinds of experience--the recognitions or revelations--out of… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
This prophecy of a coming enlightenment is echoed in virtually every faith and philosophical tradition on Earth. Hindus call it the Krita… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how… — Jan Clausen Copy Share Image
Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don’t really suppose, do you,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are several theories and hundreds of different beliefs relating to Bible prophecy, but we should never lose sight of this fact,… — Robert A. Hunt Jr Copy Share Image
“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become a noisy gong or… — Paul of Tarsus Copy Share Image
“Since the accuracy rate for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy so far has been 100%, we can be confident that it will… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
Many of us grow up thinking of mistakes as bad, viewing errors as evidence of fundamental incapacity. This negative thinking pattern can… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
Some of us must wait for the best human gifts until we come to heavenly places. Our natural desire for musical utterance… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately,… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
“Wisdom's daughter walks alone—” “Ella!” Frank stood suddenly. “Maybe it's not the best time—” “The Mark of Athena burns through Rome,” Ella… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Centuries of dire prophecy have taught us all to be, well, unconvinced. And there have been decades, entire scores of years when,… — Scott Cairns Copy Share Image
“I like his optimism,' I said. 'I like the way when he and some other rabbis saw a jackal in the ruins… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“Since time immemorial, the serpent has symbolized organic vitality. Serpents move in curves and so does energy. The serpent developed from the… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then… — Francis Marion Crawford Copy Share Image
You dare to banish the great Rasputin? By the dark powers vested in me, I banish *you*, with a curse. Mark my… — Grigori Rasputin Copy Share Image
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You asked why the rate hate Overlanders so deeply. It is because they know one will be the warrior of the prophecy,"… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Since ancient times, sacred texts from around the world foretold about a time period in human history when a mighty demi-god would… — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
The problem with worry is that we attract the very thing we are trying to avoid. We live a self-fulfilling prophecy. Life… — Robert Anthony Copy Share Image
From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power, and in the fulfillment… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
As with Hobbes, we see again, the power of fiction. Rousseau's acount of natural man was no more real than Hobbes's, but… — Benjamin Wiker Copy Share Image
O cease! must hate and death return, Cease! must men kill and die? Cease! drain not to its dregs the urn Of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
You can tell the future?' 'More like the future mugs me from time to time.' Rachel said 'I speak prophecies. The oracle… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East… The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled… This confrontation is willed by God,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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