Ancient Quotes · Page 10

To make an artwork good enough to enter people's hearts is like what ancient Chinese called 'making stone into gold.' It is…

— Li Shan

There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’.

— Christopher Hitchens

Winter always turns into Spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn.

— Nichiren

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.

— Michelle Rodriguez

“Rising Sun jostles hard to evaporate doom filled clouds;hovering ancient land.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.

— Vera Miles

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

— Winston Churchill

I'm not modern or ancient: I'm just contemporary. I'm sure every guru of his time was contemporary.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Ubuntu is not a biblical concept but an ancient African one. Nevertheless it falls back on one simple thing: that humans have…

— Allan Boesak

In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come…

— Laozi

He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except…

— Leon M. Lederman

Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed…

— Leo Rosten

People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads that one mustn't write save at I the dictation of…

— George Gissing

The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges…

— Adolf Hitler

The pursuit of knowledge is an intoxicant, a lure that scientists and explorers have known from ancient times; indeed, exhilaration in the…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“The most striking difference between ancient and modern sophists is that the ancients were satisfied with a passing victory of the argument…

— Hannah Arendt

I believe the word "infidel" is not particular to any religion. I believe we are all created in the image of God,…

— Todd Rundgren

The sky puts on the darkening blue coat held for it by a row of ancient trees; you watch: and the lands…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

We ourselves are part of a guild of species that lie within and without our bodies. Aboriginal peoples and the Ayurvedic practitioners…

— Bill Mollison

The enemy of the spirit is the selfish ego, which thinks that happiness can be gained through causing unhappiness and disharmony to…

— Sharon Gannon

When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on…

— Louis L'Amour

“ Auguste Comte , in particular, whose social system, as unfolded in his Systeme de Politique Positive, aims at establishing (though by…

— John Stuart Mill

The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the…

— Daphne Guinness

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.

— Adam Smith

Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals.

— Joseph Joubert

And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so…

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

— Stephen Gardiner

The very word baptize, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient church.

— John Calvin

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

— Vladimir Lenin

... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart.

— Samuel Florman

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

— Anne Rice

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.

— Lafcadio Hearn

my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender

— Ntozake Shange

From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.

— Brad Meltzer

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls, The burial-ground God's-Acre.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I…

— Will Cuppy

“[God] does not bind the ancient folk to outward doctrine as if they were learning their ABC's.”

— John Calvin

Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.

— Gautama Buddha