Dimly Quotes

74 Dimly quotes by 65 unique authors

God always was, and always is, and always will be. Or rather, God always Is. For Was and Will be are fragments of our time,… — Gregory of Nazianzus
When we think how narrow and devious this path of nature is, how dimly we can trace it, for all our lamps of science, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one… — Robert Greene
An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. — Edwin Percy Whipple
We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us. — James Ramsey Ullman
My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It… — Ernst Mach
We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time… — Joko Beck
A dimly lit tavern, a willing young woman, are some of the reasons I cheat. — Randy Travis
We faintly hear, we dimly see, In differing phrase we pray; But dim or clear, we own in Him The life, the truth, the way. — John Greenleaf Whittier
I dimly guess, from blessings known, of greater out of sight. — John Greenleaf Whittier
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. — Samuel Johnson
Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder how… — Terry Pratchett
It must happen to us all…We pack up what we’ve learned so far and leave the familiar behind. No fun, that shearing separation, but somewhere… — Richard Bach
People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words… — Theodore Dreiser
We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library, whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different… — Albert Einstein
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost… — Bertrand Russell
I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the… — Emily Bronte
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly -… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that… — Diana Gabaldon
People know, or dimly feel, that if thinking is not kept pure and keen, and if respect for the world of mind is no longer… — Hermann Hesse
The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark… — Susan Cooper
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny… — Mark Twain
To the Sabbath! To the Sabbath!' they cried. 'On to the Witches' Sabbath!" Up and down that narrow hall they danced, the women on each… — Algernon Blackwood
More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There… — Cinda Williams Chima

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