“Trials come. Tribulation comes. Fires of refinement come. The purpose of refinement is to bring to light the things hidden in darkness… — Robin Bertram Copy Share Image
Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Out of the fires of refinement, come the praise of His magnificence, the brilliance of His glory, and the honor of His… — Robin Bertram Copy Share Image
Begin to imagine what the desirable outcome would be like. Go over these mental pictures and delineate details and refinements. Play them… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
A cell of a higher organism contains a thousand different substances, arranged in a complex system. This great organized system was not… — Herbert Spencer Jennings Copy Share Image
Fetish is the exploration of sex as art, and the refinement of one’s personal desires. Anything can be fetishised...There’ll be new fetishes… — Rick Castro Copy Share Image
Language, if it throws a veil over our ideas, adds a softness and refinement to them, like that which the atmosphere gives… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I want to bring softness and refinement to an urban, feminine wardrobe and to help the woman show her character and individuality… — Catherine Malandrino Copy Share Image
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. No relationships between them have yet been certainly found… — Theodore William Richards Copy Share Image
Tea with us became more than an idealisation of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Sometime in the eternities to come, we will see that our trials were calculated to cause us to turn to our Heavenly… — Delbert L. Stapley Copy Share Image
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
The same relation exists between merchant and pirate, who for a long period are one and the same person: where the one… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There is a certain beauty and refinement that is often found in our world and it is expensive. It shouldn't necessarily be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
So, in the tulip, we have a flower of beauty and grace of charm, refinement and distinction. It is a powerful flower… — Tadashi Shoji Copy Share Image
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure… — Richard Mille Copy Share Image
“The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement,… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
No one would say, 'Hey, I think this medicine works, go ahead and use it.' We have testing, we go to the… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition . . . Even in the physical… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
The process of design starts with exploration, but ends with refinement. The best designers carefully move from one to the other, making… — Jared Spool Copy Share Image
Taste is an evolution and refinement of one’s personal likes and dislikes. This evolution takes place with a constant curiosity and interest… — Norma Kamali Copy Share Image
There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of… — Maria Jane McIntosh Copy Share Image
Tyranny has no need of arts or sciences, for its policy, which is very shallow and without any refinement, only consists in… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
Refinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman; but he is not such a hateful,… — Charlotte Mary Yonge Copy Share Image
Indifference to all the refinements of life--it's really shocking. Just Calvinism, that's all. Calvinism without the excuse of Calvin's theology. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
