Finer Quotes

217 quotes by 179 authors

I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can. — Albert Schweitzer
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or… — David Hume
But in many orders of beauty, particularly those of the finer arts, it is requisite to employ much reasoning, in order to feel the proper… — David Hume
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs. — David Low
The finer is always the cause, the grosser the effect. So the external world is the effect, the internal the cause. — Swami Vivekananda
The problem, Mr. Fudd, is that you've been having a sublimal effect on everyone in the factory. We're proud of our product, Mr. Fudd, and… — Gary Larson
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. — Amos Alonzo Stagg
This tree is indeed a Tree of Life, for without the higher and finer sentiments man does not life; he merely exists. If any branch… — Manly Hall
Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in… — Oswald Chambers
In New York the sky is bluer, and the grass is greener, and the girls are prettier, and the steaks are thicker, and the buildings… — Edna Ferber
One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in… — Milton S. Hershey
One of the traps of adolescence is the sort of paranoid resentment that somehow you're never going to match up and that everybody else's life… — Stephen Fry
The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences… — Swami Vivekananda
Tell me, if you can, of anything that's finer than an evening in camp with a rare old friend and a dog after one's heart. — Nash Buckingham
The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body. — Swami Vivekananda
How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a… — Price Pritchett
I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing… — Mercedes Lackey
Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians have a soul;… — George Mikes
Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a… — Mark Helprin
Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science — William Wordsworth

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