Art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her… — Marie Bashkirtseff Copy Share Image
PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The doctrine of hell does not stand alone as a kind of ancient Christian horror story. Rather, hell is inseparable from three… — Douglas Groothuis Copy Share Image
The ancient Greeks, as Plato reports, believed that we discover truth through "reminiscence," that is by "remembering," by intuitively searching into our… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
To Latter-day Saints there can be no objection to the careful and critical study of the scriptures, ancient or modern, provided only… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
The Book of Job and the 19th Psalm, which even the Church admits to be more ancient than the chronological order in… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
Expectation loiters in the DNA of every sentient being; when you tell yourself or a loved one, 'Don't get your hopes up,'… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
We humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I am a part of the part that at first was all, part of the darkness that gave birth to the light,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The immigrant's heart marches to the beat of two quite different drums, one from the old homeland and the other from the… — Mary McAleese Copy Share Image
The whole conception of a God is a conception derived from the ancient oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You're damn right we need a rational code of morality and ethics. But not much progress can be made in that direction… — Doug Graham Copy Share Image
There is one bit of advice given us by the ancient Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The words 'theory' and 'practice' are of Greek origin; they carry our thoughts back to the ancient philosophers by whom they were… — William John Macquorn Rankine Copy Share Image
How simple-minded of the Germans to imagine that we British could be cowed by the destruction of our ancient monuments! As though… — Osbert Sitwell Copy Share Image
In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Out of our deepest memories come the forgotten forms of the past, given new life by the living sentience of an ancient… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
And someday when the descendants of humanity have spread from star to star they won’t tell the children about the history of… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
Everything wonderful in appearance has been ascribed to angels, to devils, or to saints. Everything ancient has some legendary tale annexed to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they… — Norman Lamm Copy Share Image
She’s special. We used to unleash her on ancient battlefields just to see soldiers chop their best friends into pieces before falling… — Sherrilyn Kenyon 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
The nurturing flow of life, extreme intelligence, beauty, and perfect harmony are active in every one of us. Yoga was developed in… — Mark Whitwell Copy Share Image
Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
the description of lust was simple: two people learn they're compatible , attraction grows, and the ancient instinct to preserve the species… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“The ancients Knew exactly what they were doing. There is no mystery on why the monuments around the word are placed where… — Kenneth G. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I am a hunter. Not merely 'a person who hunts', but someone to whom this ancient, natural and honorable activity is an… — David Petersen Copy Share Image
Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So, the ant way of life is very ancient and very successful. As far as human beings are concerned, we've been around… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit-some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I must admit that i am fascinated by the glories of ancient India. But when will the purveyors of Indian culture realise… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Doughboy," I said. "What is this scroll?" "A spell lost in time!" he pronounced. "Ancient words of tremendous power!" "Well?" I demanded.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime. According to some ancient manuscripts 9 is not a prime number, but beyond… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
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