When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms… — Salvatore Quasimodo Copy Share Image
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border of wild… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I actually looked at an Apple ad from 1978. It was a print ad. That shows you how ancient it was. And… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
May Peace reign in all hearts. Let us not forget that Peace is Light; let us not forget that Peace is an… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
We couldn't go to the moon on whale oil. We don't have the capacity yet to consider doing such things as harnessing… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
True myths, ancient and modern, stop time because they emerge from somewhere beyond time. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New… — F. F. Bruce Copy Share Image
Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to language. — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Atlantis was a highly evolved civilization where the sciences and arts were far more advanced than one might guess. Atlantis was technologically… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.' — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the… — Eliphas Levi Copy Share Image
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
Whether you find it through mediation or sighing over tea or just turning all your devices off for five minutes, listening is… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Itjtawy was ancient Egypt's capital for over four hundred years, at a period of time called the Middle Kingdom about four thousand… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
