Birth Quotes

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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no… — Theodore Dwight Weld
Sit all together in meditation. Become peacefully calm and quiet, without motion, without stillness, without birth, without destruction, without coming or going, with no judgments… — Huineng
We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the way… — Carlo Borromeo
Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and… — Ariel Dorfman
The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception. — Ashley Montagu
Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth. — Victoria Woodhull
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military… — Clare Boothe Luce
What do we look for as reward? Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes A small hand darting strawberry-ward A woman's aprons full of greens.… — Ruth Pitter
Why won't they let a year die without bringing in a new one on the instant, can't they use birth control on time? I want… — John Dos Passos
Personality of reincarnating as Paulo was that of his deceased sister, Emilia. She made several suicidal attempts. Finally she took cyanide and died very quickly… — Ian Stevenson
Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and… — Laozi
The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaiety, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly… — Joseph Epstein
(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers. A little unnerving:… — Jackie Kay
I was born in Manhattan on West 12th. My parents were kind of hippies and they did a home birth. — Ethan Suplee
Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in our life when… — Dalai Lama
Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth... — Christina Rossetti
Three sorts of goods, Aristotle specified, contribute to happiness: goods of the soul, including moral and intellectual virtues and education; bodily goods, such as strength,… — Sissela Bok
Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth. — John Milton
Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and… — Salman Rushdie

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