Admiration Quote by Blaise Pascal

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable - should persist…

— Anonymous

Admiration spoils all from infancy.

— Blaise Pascal

Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.

— Blaise Pascal

“Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m…

— Claudia Clark

“There must be a reason to smile, Miss François. Will you supply one?" It was Daisy's turn to stare. For a long moment they…

— Jaime Jo Wright

It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to…

— Hermann Hesse

... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.

— Bell Hooks

The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his affection for…

— Andre Alexis

“A warm, trustworthy person who is also strong elicits admiration, but only after you’ve established trust does your strength become a gift rather than…

— Amy Cuddy

Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise.

— Karl Barth

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

— Barack Obama

“There have been those among us who have been so dazzled by the might and technological wizardy of Europe that they have been rather…

— Ahdaf Soueif