The code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon prescribed this punishment for a doctor convicted of inept surgery: amputation of the hands. — L. M. Boyd Copy Share Image
In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
One of the things that you see ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree on is that strong relationships are a key to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant. — Laozi Copy Share Image
There's a reason cats were near deity in ancient Egypt. Dogs may be loyal, but cats are smart. This one must recognize… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
As Earth warriors, we choose to be participants in the ancient battle between good and evil. On our side stand the waters… — Rod Coronado Copy Share Image
I can watch elephants (and elephants alone) for hours at a time, for sooner or later the elephant will do something very… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
I did not have any role model. I could not learn anything from the female voice that male poets used, a voice… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
We're going through a kind of ancient, barbaric war dance now - it's almost an ultimate in absurdity. — Clark M. Clifford Copy Share Image
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have always been spurred on by my not finding expressed anywhere the kinds of perspectives that I thought these issues most… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Briefly, the nymphaeum glowed with a softer light, like a full moon. Piper smelled exotic spices and blooming roses. She heard distant… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade -… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription,… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
When we undertake a task, we should not falter from first to last until the task is accomplished; if we fail, we… — Sun Yat-sen Copy Share Image
“Epic art is founded on action, and the model of a society in which action could play out in greatest freedom was… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Further, Dr. Gold said with a straight face, the pill at optimum dosage could have the side effect of impotence. Until that… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Brothers and Sisters: Our ancient homeland is spotted today with an array of chemical dumps. Along the Niagara River, dioxin, a particularly… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
A university is a place where ancient tradition thrives alongside the most revolutionary ideas. Perhaps as no other institution, a university is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
