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Earthly Quotes by Herman Melville
- It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled…
- What man who carries a heavenly soul in him, has not groaned to perceive, that unless he committed a sort of suicide as to the…
- ...that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever…
- The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvelous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all…
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- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. — Irving Babbitt
- He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If… — Robert Barclay
- Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an… — Gary Bauer
- The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our… — Alvar Aalto
- Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches,… — Donald Cargill
- Our attitude determines how we evaluate our life's experiences. They determine how we evaluate ourselves. They also govern how we look at… — Dallin H. Oaks
- It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2)… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- We had lost the fight for the preservation of the white race until God himself intervened in earthly affairs with AIDS to… — Unknown Author
- The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly… — Julian Huxley
- Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to… — Mark the Evangelist