Ancient World Quotes

34 quotes by 31 authors

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant… — Stephen Jay Gould
What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to… — Benjamin Disraeli
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade - a far more… — Margaret E. Knight
Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment, and in either… — Noel 'Razor' Smith
The greatness of Christianity did not lie in attempted negotiations for compromise with any similar philosophical opinions in the ancient world, but in its inexorable… — Adolf Hitler
The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges : the pox… — Adolf Hitler
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
Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which perceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence. — Liz Greene
The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman… — Henri Pirenne
While many have doubted the accuracy of the Bible, time and continued research have consistently demonstrated that the Word of God is better informed than… — Norman Geisler
Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the principle of life,… — Eliphas Levi
In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in the ancient world… — Mark Mirabello
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
I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding. — Leonardo DiCaprio
We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public… — Lawrence Wright
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
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

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