I do not know why I care," Drizzt answered honestly. His eyes turned back to his ancient homeland, where loyalty was merely… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The scriptures, for example, discredit an ancient philosophy that has come back into vogue in our day-the philosophy of Korihor that there… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea], not having… — Athanasius of Alexandria Copy Share Image
You grow the fastest by getting... adopting ideas and technologies from other cultures. And that has been proven in history, time and… — Ottmar Liebert Copy Share Image
The wildwood is everywhere. It's inside us. It's outside us. And, of course, if you happen to be near any of the… — John Matthews Copy Share Image
Sappho is a great poet because she is a lesbian, which gives her erotic access to the Muse. Sappho and the homosexual-tending… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“...the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea,… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
One's attitude toward life makes every possible difference in one's living. You know, you don't have to study a thousand ancient books… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I became intensely aware of the being-ness of trees. The feel of rough sun-warmed bark of an ancient forest giant, or the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
No, we don't accomplish our love in a single year as the flowers do; an immemorial sap flows up through our arms… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The deciphering of ancient scripts changed forever the way Europeans were able to imagine the story of humanity, destroying centuries of received… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Combining in our survey then, the whole range of deposits from the most recent to the most ancient group, how striking a… — Roderick Murchison Copy Share Image
I should describe mine own nature as tripartite, my interests consisting of three parallel and dissociated groups - (a) Love of the… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Eratosthenes was the director of the great library of Alexandria, the Centre of science and learning in the ancient world. Aristotle had… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Moral theory develops from the divine command theory of medieval Christian philosophy, mixed up with a bit of ancient pagan virtue theory,… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
The discussion of the sexual problem is only a somewhat crude prelude to a far deeper question, and that is the question… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
A deep, wise, and wonderful exploration of the Vedanta path for relationships both with yourself and with others. In this book, Shubhraji… — Arielle Ford Copy Share Image
-and nobody’s getting laid!” I practically shouted. “You think I don’t know that?” He shifted his body beneath me, making me painfully… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The Revolutionary's Utopia, which in appearance represents a complete break with the past, is always modeled on some image of the Lost… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Allowances can always be made for your friends to disagree with you. Disagreement, vehement disagreement, is healthy. Debate is impossible without it.… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I think when you see so many Hindu temples of the 10th century or earlier disfigured, defaced, you realise that something terrible… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Of all human and ancient opinions concerning religion, that seems to me the most likely and most excusable, that acknowledged God as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The genuine remains of Ossian, or those ancient poems which bear his name, though of less fame and extent, are, in many… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
So one must be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ancient history has an air of antiquity. It should be more modern. It is written as if the specator should be thinking… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Coal, oil and gas are called fossil fuels, because they are mostly made of the fossil remains of beings from long ago.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective… — D. Patrick Miller Copy Share Image
Otter is the most brilliant mix of facts ancient and modern about the otter species and its vulnerability to man's seemingly insatiable… — Virginia McKenna Copy Share Image
That culture is a a critical resource the organization ignores. Competely mystifying. The organization continues to act as if culture were dark… — Grant David McCracken Copy Share Image
TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Most of what the founders knew about the Hebraic republic, it must be emphasized, they learned from the Bible. These Americans were… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
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There's a huge amount of work on Adam and Eve, from the ancient world to the present. Saint Augustine was obsessed with… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image