“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
“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
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
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
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
There is not any haunt of prophecy, Nor any old chimera of the grave, Neither the golden underground, nor isle Melodious, where… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Percy," Apollo said, "I wouldn't worry too much. The last Great Prophecy about you took almost seventy years to complete. This one… — Rick Riordan 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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
“In the same prophecy where God is promising the “New Covenant”—which indeed focuses on a heart change—He marries the terminology with the… — Dalton Lifsey Copy Share Image
“Always he was on the lookout for the one who would challenge him. He heard the prophecy and he leapt into action,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“He stared at me and, though the fate he pronounced was golden, there was a malevolence in his dead eyes. ‘You will… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“Beware, William of Mercia, you heeded not our warnings and you can no longer turn back, but the path ahead is strewn… — K.J. Wignall Copy Share Image
“It is a well-known fact among prophecy scholars that there were more than one thousand prophecies contained within the Bible at the… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“We see in part, and thus is the mirror of prophecy darkened.” There are other worlds, gunslinger, and other demons. These waters… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Lying is common in social life, often done for benign purposes, seldom draws severe sanctions, and many of the most notable leaders,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Intuition is neither the ability to engage prophecy nor a means of avoiding financial loss or painful relationships. It is actually the… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the… — Sallust Copy Share Image
“People need hope Michael, as much as they need a leader. You and Gabe are the answer to both of those things.… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
Daniel was in the greatest credit amongst the Jews, till the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian . And to reject his… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Artists are sometimes in a position to tell the truth, but they're positioned as a Cassandra. They're gifted with impeccable prophecy and… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
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