Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then… — Francis Marion Crawford Copy Share Image
“Since time immemorial, the serpent has symbolized organic vitality. Serpents move in curves and so does energy. The serpent developed from the… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
“I like his optimism,' I said. 'I like the way when he and some other rabbis saw a jackal in the ruins… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
You dare to banish the great Rasputin? By the dark powers vested in me, I banish *you*, with a curse. Mark my… — Grigori Rasputin Copy Share Image
“Centuries of dire prophecy have taught us all to be, well, unconvinced. And there have been decades, entire scores of years when,… — Scott Cairns Copy Share Image
Let's assume there is some validity in these prophecies. What vision of the future, of the new world, might we see so… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
If this superstitious fear of Spirits were taken away, and with it, Prognostiques from Dreams, false Prophecies, and many other things depending… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
And for Incoherent Speech, it was amongst the Gentiles taken for one sort of Prophecy, because the Prophets of their Oracles, intoxicated… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Fulfilled prophecy demonstrates the following: • God knows the future. • The Bible really is the Word of God. • God is… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“There is nothing new about prophecies to the effect that the end of the world is near if we do not repent.… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“Mithorden said it well," she said finally. "It's worshipping death. They say they follow light. But, in the end, they're really following… — Robert Fanney Copy Share Image
“The — the prophecy . . . the prediction . . . Trelawney . . .” “Ah, yes. How much did you… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The idea that I would get to see this revival was almost overwhelming. And in the last decade or so, I believe… — Lester Sumrall Copy Share Image
“Michael felt as if his heart might burst. With the death of the council he had felt as though he had lost… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“God Child is a free and inspirational translation of Adam. Adam means 'human', not 'man'. The Hebrew for 'man' is 'aish'. In… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Many of us grow up thinking of mistakes as bad, viewing errors as evidence of fundamental incapacity. This negative thinking pattern can… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
“Since the accuracy rate for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy so far has been 100%, we can be confident that it will… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become a noisy gong or… — Paul of Tarsus Copy Share Image
“There are several theories and hundreds of different beliefs relating to Bible prophecy, but we should never lose sight of this fact,… — Robert A. Hunt Jr Copy Share Image
“ "The She of the dragon will return and ascend When the cycle of twelve draws to an end..." "The She of… — Alison Goodman Copy Share Image
We have experienced the truth of this prophecy, for England has become the habitation of outsiders and the dominion of foreigners. Today,… — William of Malmesbury Copy Share Image
“The thought of abandoning his friend to save himself was never an option. He collapsed, pushing even closer to Raimie. Pressing his… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
“The future is unknown. Prophecy contaminates it with the past, which is why liberated people do not bother with fortunetelling or astrology,… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it,… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Even now, when you get love, you see Radha. Become Radha and be saved. There is no other way, Christians do not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is a terrible hour, but it is often that darkest point which precedes the rise of day; that turn of the… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“What we strive to restore and re-animate will never come from the promises of the middle class politicians, but will come instead… — Guillaume Faye Copy Share Image
I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Jesus existed only as an image in the heart of God, until such time as the prophets of the Old Testament could… — Kenneth Copeland Copy Share Image
“He didn't know Rachel very well, but assumed her behavior would be similar to most women he encountered. As soon as he… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
“The two sat quiet for a moment; Gabe unsure what to say to comfort his friend and Uri stewing in his own… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run-and often in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Ten years, fifty days and three, Clau-Clau-Clau- shall given be A gift that all desire but he. To a fawning fellowship He… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
“Imagine a society entirely absorbed in its own historicity. It would be incapable of producing historians. Living entirely under the sign of… — Pierre Nora Copy Share Image
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