Creature Quotes

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No living creature, not even man, has achieved, in the centre of his sphere, what the bee has achieved in her own: and were some… — Maurice Maeterlinck
The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is… — Zhuangzi
Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use… — Maxwell Maltz
I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children… — Gene Roddenberry
Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life to keep among… — Henry Van Dyke
That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In… — Erich Fromm
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be… — William Faulkner
A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. — William Wordsworth
The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It… — Gilbert Murray
Once there is a certain degree of Presence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine life essence, the… — Eckhart Tolle
Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life is through His… — Abdul Kalam
The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. — Pearl S. Buck
PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous,… — Ambrose Bierce
Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory. — Marjorie Holmes
The true test of anyone's worth as a living creature is how much he can utilize what he has. — Anton Szandor LaVey
But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to rejoice… — Harold S. Kushner
Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the state. — Joseph Sobran
Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them, he is not… — Jacob Bronowski
A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in... — Victor Hugo

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