Cling Quotes

509 Cling quotes by 400 unique authors

Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for… — Evagrius Ponticus
Too early religious advancement of the Hindus and that superfineness in everything which made them cling to higher alternatives, have reduced them to what they… — Swami Vivekananda
Why do we cling to life and why are we afraid of death? You may not have thought about it. The reason why we cling… — Rajneesh
[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes - rejecting… — Alexander Hamilton
The way in which men cling to old institutions after the life has departed out of them, and out of themselves, reminds me of those… — Henry David Thoreau
Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with… — Victor Hugo
We cling to the letter because the spirit is so much harder to master. — Rachel Held Evans
Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is… — Carol P. Christ
Hang ideas! They are tramps, vagabonds, knocking at the back-door of your mind, each taking a little of your substance, each carrying away some crumb… — Joseph Conrad
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic… — C. Wright Mills
The more you cling to things, The more you love them, The more the pain you suffer, When they're taken from you... — Stephen Sondheim
The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to. — Tammy Wynette
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society,… — Ralph Ellison
I labor, I spend, I strive, I design, I love, I cling, I uphold, I give way, I envy, I long, I scorn, I die,… — Saul Bellow
And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was… — Philip Pullman
O poor, unthinking human heart! Error will not go away, logic and reason are slow to penetrate.We cling with both arms to false hope, refusing… — Rabindranath Tagore
The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common… — Eric Hoffer
Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have… — Anne Frank
I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth. — Mason Cooley
You can only lose what you cling to. — Gautama Buddha
Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves… — Gautama Buddha
Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully… — Gautama Buddha
Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to… — Gautama Buddha
Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and… — Gautama Buddha

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