Ancient Quotes

1413 Ancient quotes by 1010 unique authors

Never allow the cross to lose it’s centrality to the ministry of your church. I believe we ought to connect ancient truth to contemporary questions,… — Brandon Cox
May peace reign in all hearts; let us not forget that peace is light. Let us not forget that peace is an Essence emanated from… — Samael Aun Weor
There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in… — Eckhart Tolle
The unfortunate are not as miserable as the world imagines. That urchins, the handicapped, orphans, prisoners and others are much happier than people think. And… — Manu Joseph
What is called generosity is really compassion. In the Shin'ei it is written "Seen from the eye of compassion, there is noone to be disliked.… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity… — Henry David Thoreau
What Grandfather Burton did for me was to write a sacred family record, the small plates of Burton, or, if you will, an inspirational family… — Theodore M. Burton
In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection! — Laozi
Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to… — Peter Lewis Allen
Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations of their gods.… — Mahathir Mohamad
I have always been spurred on by my not finding expressed anywhere the kinds of perspectives that I thought these issues most perspicuously needed and… — Kenny Smith
Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not welcome... Note how science… — Victor J. Stenger
We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace;… — Winston Churchill
The gospel of a God found in broken flesh, humility, and measureless charity has defeated all the old lies, rendered the ancient order visibly insufficient… — David Bentley Hart
Beyond Words is an exceptionally useful and inspiring digest of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) teachings and the teachers associated with them. The ancient prediction that Dzogchen… — Tsultrim Allione
The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and… — Salvatore Quasimodo
In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely! — Edmund Husserl
Poem for Liu Ya-tzu I cannot forget how in Canton we drank tea and in Chungking went over our poems when leaves were yellowing. Thirty-one… — Mao Zedong
Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. — Mikhail Saakashvili
Iran is an ancient land, home to a proud culture with a rich heritage of learning and progress. The future of Iran will be decided… — George W. Bush
The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. — Stephen Gardiner
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of… — William Whewell
Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced. — William Whewell
In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who can save us… — C.S. Lewis
Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last 15 or 20 years, I have taught every Sunday when I… — Jimmy Carter

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