Truly it has been said that there is nothing new under the sun, for knowledge is revealed and is submerged again, even… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
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Tulips come up in spring for no reason. Of course, you planted bulbs and now in April the earth warms up. But… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
The world has witnessed the rise and fall of monarchy, the rise and fall of dictatorship, the rise and fall of feudalism,… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“Augustine countered with the long view: Empires rise and fall in the natural order of things, but the church's mission stands apart… — Vincent Carroll Copy Share Image
Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I think you have to have your own expectations of yourself and your own sense of purpose and your own intrinsic pleasure… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
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“The phrase and the day and the scene harmonized in a chord. Words. Was it their colours? He allowed them to glow… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
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No matter what is going on in your life today, remember, it is only preparation. People come and go; situations rise and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
There is a force in British politics that explains the rise and fall of political parties. It determines the outcome of elections… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
“Kvothe continued, smiling himself “I see you laugh. Very well, for simplicity’s sake, let us assume I am the center of creation.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“As clouds race towards their own release from form, they are replenshied by the mutable process which created them. They drift, not… — Richard Hamblyn Copy Share Image
“As scientific truths put us in an intelligent relaton with the cosmos, as historic truth puts us in temporal relation with the… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“They could lie drowsing now under the sound of kindly voices in the living room, a sound whose intricately rhythmic rise and… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“Think of your attacks as the ocean during a storm. Waves come and crash. They beat on the sand over and over.… — Lindsay Paige Copy Share Image
“Our thoughts, emotions, and sensations are like waves rising and falling in an endless ocean of infinite possibility. The problem is that… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
There's a fantastic, thousand-page book by David Thomson about [David O. Selznick]. Again, it's not the best argument or the best advertisement… — Karina Longworth Copy Share Image
“… It was dark. There were no dead stars, no rogue planets. Matter itself had long evaporated, burned up by proton decay,… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“You live that long, things start happening to you. You get too impressed with yourself. Ends up, you think you’re God. Suddenly… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
There is no ideal length, but you develop a little interior gauge that tells you whether or not you're supporting the house… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
It is a pity that so many Americans today think of the Indian as a romantic or comic figure in American history… — Felix S. Cohen Copy Share Image