I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - the oldest Hindu philosophy -… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Kriya is an ancient science,” Yogananda writes. Mahavatar Babaji rediscovered and clarified the technique after it had been lost in the Dark… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The guitar, by its very nature, the nature of its sound, by the soft nuance of its powerful and ancient voice, by… — Pepe Romero Copy Share Image
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our… — John Frederick Nims Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive-it… — Toni Packer Copy Share Image
Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose,… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
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South Korea at the end of the Second World War had a very low level of literacy. But suddenly, like in Japan,… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Enclosed within his artificial creation, man finds that there is “no exit”; that he cannot pierce the shell of technology again to… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Life for women in ancient Greece was hard - you had to fight for every inch of ground you got. Both Thetis… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
In order to survive, an animal must be born into a favoring or at least tolerant environment. Similarly, in order to achieve… — Earnest Hooton Copy Share Image
In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language… — Edward J. Fraughton Copy Share Image
Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
If you really want to be a good archaeologist, you have to understand ancient DNA; you have to understand chemical analysis to… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
We do not worship the Prophet. We worship God our Eternal Father and the risen Lord Jesus Christ. But we acknowledge the… — Sam Smith 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
To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his… — Jeff Cooper 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
[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not welcome...… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
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We look at the ancient Greeks with their gods on a mountain top throwing lightning bolts and say, 'Those ancient Greeks. They… — Paul Provenza Copy Share Image
If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny… — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
“What is this power of words? In our everyday routine, we use words to carry out all our transactions. If someone praises… — Harsha Yardi Copy Share Image
Three of the four elements are shared by all creatures, but fire was a gift to humans alone. Smoking cigarettes is as… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient… — Joe Dunthorne Copy Share Image
My own feeling about JJ, without knowing anything about him, was that he might have been a gay person, because he had… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
![“I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance and hatred. There is so great a need for repentance and forgiveness. It is the great principle emphasized in all of scripture, both ancient and modern…” quote by Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/gordon-b-hinckley-331_abuse_i-think-forgiveness-may-be-the-greatest_642724.png)
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