The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to… — Kelly Reilly Copy Share Image
Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use, as being the edge-tools of speech… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
We must not expect simple answers to far-reaching questions. However far our gaze penetrates, there are always heights beyond which block our… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I perceive that we inhabitants of New England live this mean life that we do because our vision does not penetrate the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We forget about the space between the stars, the pure and perfect space that's also the eye of God. To penetrate the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think that metaphor really is a key to explaining thought and language. The human mind comes equipped with an ability to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
We often hear the teachers of all creeds lamenting the difficulty of keeping up in the minds of believers a lively apprehension… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Madame de Staël thought it was pride in mankind to endeavour to penetrate the secret of the universe; and speaking of the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
The source of each accordant strain Lies deeper than the Poet's brain. First from the people's heart must spring The passions which… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Where war destroys, art inspires. And in order to inspire, you need to penetrate the brain. In order to penetrate the brain,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When we must deal with problems, we instinctively resist trying the way that leads through obscurity and darkness. We wish to hear… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Knowledge is sacred and the choice to be informed or merely entertained in today's world is a very revealing test of the… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
If human love hath power to penetrate the veil--and hath it not?--then there are yet living here a few who have the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
O admirable necessity! O powerful action! What mind can penetrate your nature? What language can express this marvel? None, to be sure.… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
We have a text before us, an ancient text, a living text, and we try to enter it, not only to decipher… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know… — Walter Reisch Copy Share Image
The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
