Frederick Turner comes across in his poems as a man of…

Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.

— Patanjali

Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.

— R. C. Sproul

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

— Confucius

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

— Ann Landers

What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely…

— Muriel Barbery

I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with…

— Danny Strong

Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.

— Roger von Oech

A man doesn't need brilliance or genius, all he needs is energy.

— Albert M. Greenfield

We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion…

— Dorianne Laux

Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that grow in…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Too much brilliance has its disadvantages, and misplaced wit may raise a laugh, but often beheads a topic of profound interest.

— Margot Asquith

It is not brilliance or facility that is necessary, but the determination to bear and even enjoy the dull process of wading into one's…

— Stewart O'Nan

Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance…

— Omar N. Bradley

Here is just emptiness. There is no getting my ego out of the way, and all that stuff. There is just the seeing, shining…

— Douglas Harding

“You can't stop the future. All you can do is pick a side”

— Markus Sakey