Finite Quotes

322 quotes by 240 authors

One's head is finite. You pour more and more things into it - surnames, chronologies, affiliations - and it packs them away in its tunnels,… — Nicholson Baker
Past time is finite, future time is infinite. — Edwin Powell Hubble
I, for instance, regard any particular man as finite, as one who has had a beginning and who will have an end. He has been… — R. D. Laing
God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways… — Craig S. Keener
I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon other life. But… — Edward Abbey
It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite. — Leonardo da Vinci
This universe is the wreckage of the infinite on the shores of the finite. — Swami Vivekananda
We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it. — Dave Kellett
Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame,… — Buzz Bissinger
In a world where God does not exist, any reasonable person must see that the propensity toward selfishness should be the most venerated of all… — Derek R. Audette
Many Christians, though keenly sensitive to the dangers of greed and discontent that come with an economy of continually increasing consumption, nevertheless feel that it… — Joy Davidman
To meditate with humility, consider existence. It is infinite. You are finite. You are a finite portion of infinite existence. Let this be your meditation. — Frederick Lenz
In order that we finite beings may apprehend the Emporer He translates His glory into multiple forms - into stars, woods, waters, beasts, and the… — C.S. Lewis
Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you… — Frederick Lenz
As long as you wish to separate yourself from the immortal consciousness, you will suffer. You will experience the pain of the separation, the abridgment… — Frederick Lenz
Reincarnation is a process in which a finite being will go through a series of transmutations and will perceive different things. There will be a… — Frederick Lenz
Death is simply a change in perception. It is not an end to perception as a finite being. — Frederick Lenz
The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite… — Rabindranath Tagore
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense once you realize that theologians were not discussing… — Stephen Jay Gould

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