Ancient Quotes

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The practice of meditation is an ancient practice. It's been practiced in many lands, for many lifetimes. You may have practiced it before. — Frederick Lenz
The causal body is the most ancient and timeless part of a person. It has the capacity to know and do things that the physical… — Frederick Lenz
The causal body is the part of you that lives forever. It is ancient and complicated. It has lived through countless lives in both this… — Frederick Lenz
One service to need heals an ancient wound. — Mary Anne Radmacher
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color… — Isabel Wilkerson
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world. — N. T. Wright
It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart. — Samuel Florman
Feeling indisposed towards the evening, I drove up the ancient plains. The setting sun is unspeakably beautiful, Only it is approaching nightfall. — Li Shangyin
When we undertake a task, we should not falter from first to last until the task is accomplished; if we fail, we should not begrudge… — Sun Yat-sen
I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Arab peoples possess an ancient and highly developed civilization that is in many ways more sophisticated than our own. For instance, they invented algebra.… — P.J. O'Rourke
Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the Christian church. The… — Hugh Nibley
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his… — Samuel Johnson
Ancients knew that you need guidance, patronage and protection as you move from one place or state to another, whenever you cross a bridge. You… — Richard Rohr
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily… — Bertrand Russell
Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the… — Jonathan Sacks
We have more to learn today from the spectacle of a great man at a great moment than from any number of monographs on ancient… — C. V. Wedgwood
How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us… — Olympia Brown
Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or… — Gustave Le Bon
Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal. — Arthur Keith
When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In… — Steve Berry
The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal. — Harry Seidler
Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have… — Russell Banks

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