Closely Quotes

733 Closely quotes by 620 unique authors

A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart… — Carlos Castaneda
Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is… — Neal A. Maxwell
Morgant?" Taran asked, turning a puzzled glance to Gwydion. "How can there be honor for such a man?" "It is easy to judge evil unmixed,"… — Lloyd Alexander
There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks. — Neil Gaiman
Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.… — Thomas Aquinas
I was listening," the king said, aggrieved. "I closed my eyes to listen better." "What did you hear?" "I'm not sure," he said." That's why… — Megan Whalen Turner
Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they… — Dorianne Laux
Patience and boredom are closely related. Boredom, a certain kind of boredom, is really impatience. You don't like the way things are, they aren't interesting… — Bertrand Russell
Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present. — Patricia Briggs
the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that,… — Albert Einstein
...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us… — Louisa May Alcott
This is [her] soul group.’ What do you mean?’ It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely. — James Redfield
That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have courage for the most strange, the most singular and the most… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they… — James Joyce
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted. — David Steindl-Rast
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect — George Sand
Listen closely... the eternal hush of silence goes on and on throughout all this, and has been going on, and will go on and on.… — Jack Kerouac
There is no 'the truth','a truth' - truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity. the pattern of the… — Adrienne Rich
Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ascent to an angelical stature;… — James Joyce
There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked.' Rather there is only one human destiny. — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
The hand descended. Nearer and nearer it came. It touched the ends of his upstanding hair. He shrank down under it. It followed down after… — Jack London
Look closely. The beautiful may be small. — Immanuel Kant
In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married… — Elizabeth Gaskell
You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that it… — Toni Morrison
I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love after… — Elizabeth Berg

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