Those giants of old, the ancient Rishis, who never walked but strode, of whom if you were to think but for a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
certain ancient cavilers have gone so far as to deny that the female sex, as opposed to the male sex, is made… — Marie de Gournay Copy Share Image
Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece,… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Ancient, woman-centered words and beliefs never, like, fall off the planet. Having long done taken on a life of their own, they… — Inga Muscio Copy Share Image
The bourgeois stands like a question mark, Speechless, like the hungry cur, The ancient world stands there behind him, A mongrel dog,… — Alexander Blok Copy Share Image
Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long… — Scott Cunningham Copy Share Image
I am making an Enlightenment Capsule for the audience to meditate inside - virtual reality in which people can experience ancient ideas… — Mariko Mori Copy Share Image
THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“A JEWELRY STORE NAMED INDIA If you hold this Dazzling emerald Up to the sky, It will shine a billion Beautiful miracles… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Mentors and apprentices are partners in an ancient human dance, and one of teaching's great rewards is the daily chance it gives… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Leonardo da Vinci did not take received wisdom - whether from ancient classical thinkers or medieval scholars or from the Bible -… — Walter Isaacson 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
Women [in ancient Rome] were condemned to the perpetual tutelage of parents, husbands, or guardians; a sex created to please and obey… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
There's a joy without canker or cark, There's a pleasure eternally new, 'T is to gloat on the glaze and the mark… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
You cannot be a party in stagnation. You have to have the constant reinvigoration of fresher ideas and the debate in terms… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The fast paced nature of our technologically-driven world seems to create issues that would appear to be foreign to ancient civilization. — David Kim Copy Share Image
SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd and under roofs… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on.… — Joan Crawford Copy Share Image
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In ancient times men fought with their right arms and defended with their left arms... ...the right side of the body was… — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, ancient capital of the Punjab, home to nearly as many people as New York, layered… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I read Mailer's Ancient Evenings with great interest because I was interested in . . . the seven souls structure, which was… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There were many stages to the Atlantean civilization. During the later stages, scientists became involved with advanced particle physics. In particular they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
anybody who has anything abusive to say of women, whether ancient or modern, can command a vast public in the popular press… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us… — Khalil Gibran 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
“God is the ultimate ground of Being, and this ultimate ground of Being is YOU. For one who realizes their true nature… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
We see the pernicious effects of luxury in the ancient Romans, who immediately found themselves poor as soon as this vice got… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image