Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens… — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
For ages the world has been living by the stupidity of an old Roman adage that says if you want peace, prepare… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
We must have a government which is not only a guarantor of public order and safety and which preserves the right of… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
One of the things that sets the Bible apart from all other ancient religious writings is its scientific accuracy. Without exception, every… — Charlie Campbell Copy Share Image
As I was leaving graduate school in 1974, I was recruited to join a fledgling SETI project at the Hat Creek Observatory… — Jill Tarter Copy Share Image
There are two styles of walls "opus reticulatum," now used by everybody and the ancient style called "opus incertum." Of these, the… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
“TRUTH, n.: An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
Whiles in the early Winter eve We pass amid the gathering night Some homestead that we had to leave Years past; and… — William Morris Copy Share Image
Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only the truth and its expression can establish that new public opinion which will reform the ancient obsolete and pernicious order of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The golden light of metaphor, which is the intelligence of poetry, was implicit in alchemical study. To change, magically, one substance into… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded,… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, the left side has stood for the side of the unconscious or the unknown; the right side, by contrast,… — Jean Gebser Copy Share Image
One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
