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Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law. — Gautama Buddha
MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals. — Ambrose Bierce
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures practiced careful rituals… — John O'Donohue
There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament. — F. F. Bruce
Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the events in Galilee.… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their… — Wilhelm Dilthey
Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap… — Stanislav Grof
For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn't… — Mark Steyn
What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . Thereâ€™s a… — Alexander McQueen
If we admit instrumental musick in the worship of God, how can we resist the imposition of all the instruments used among the ancient Jews?â€”yea,… — Cotton Mather
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect halves.… — Helen Garner
An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad. — Jean-Marie Le Pen
The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the situation is the… — Jean-Marie Le Pen
Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was… — Charles Dickens
Even during the period when Rome lost much of her ancient prestige, an Indian traveler observed that trade all over the world was operated with… — Unknown Author
I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a… — Georges Bizet
The Gaia Hypothesis of James Lovelock [and Lynn Margulis] puts forward a scientific view of the living Earth, which in one respect is modern, empherical,… — Rupert Sheldrake
Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the… — Fritjof Capra
There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal… — Erwin Schrodinger
THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable.… — Tad Williams

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