Expression Quotes

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When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: "It is the trade entering his body."… — Simone Weil
We are, in a certain way, defined as much by our potential as by its expression. There is a great difference between an acorn and… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Prayer works in the mind as a healing force. It calms the patient, enlightens the physician, guides the surgeon, and it often victoriously applies the… — Wilferd Peterson
The grey is certainly inspired by the photo-paintings, and, of course, it's related to the fact that I think grey is an important colour -… — Gerhard Richter
All art is the expression of one and the same thing- the relation of the spirit of man to the spirit of other men and… — Ansel Adams
Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness… — J. Boone
Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with… — John Templeton
In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased with himself as… — Honore de Balzac
One who has self-esteem esteems oneself because one knows the value of one's being as a singular yet universal expression of the highest value in… — Yasuhiko Kimura
True interest appears when the self identifies itself with ideas or objects, when it finds in them a means of expression and they become a… — Jean Piaget
Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic. — Daniel D. Palmer
Life is but the expression of spirit through matter. To make life manifest requires the union of spirit and body. — Daniel D. Palmer
Eros is not tranquil-it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of… — FranÃ§ois Lelord
The Establishment Clause . . . stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders . . . that religion is too… — Hugo Black
In passing I draw attention to another English expression which often occurs in Dutch texts: "the real world". In Dutch - and I am afraid… — Edsger Dijkstra
My interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in. — John Turturro
Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest of the things, you're… — Ornette Coleman
Animal language is a contagious expression of mood effecting communication between social partners. — Robert Ardrey
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love,… — Xunzi
I paint abstract expressions. — Billy Zane

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