Fruitful Quotes

229 Fruitful quotes by 188 unique authors

Modern man believes he is fruitful and productive when his ego is aggressively affirmed, when he is visibly active, and when his action produces obvious… — Thomas Merton
At Vatican Council II, one dissenting Roman Catholic theologian declared: "Yes, the Bible says "Be fruitful and multiply," but that was when the population was… — Israel Shenker
While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could… — Fred Thompson
In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative. — Bertrand Russell
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit. — Omar Khayyam
Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in… — Gary Gutting
If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from… — Pope Francis
In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt the… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful. — Emile M. Cioran
The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons. — William Ralph Inge
The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown… — Oliver Lodge
What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to… — Ambrose
Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant?… — Thomas Traherne
The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is mother… — Hildegard of Bingen
O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols resentment as a… — Eric Hoffer
Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be; thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought… — Alexander Pope
You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels. — Philip Massinger
To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things. — Robert Henri
To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results. — Grenville Kleiser
Ideas and thoughts collide and sort themselves out in these fruitful collisions. — Frederick Sommer
Fruitful is the entire life of those, who feel hunger for the Name of the Lord in their minds. — Guru Gobind Singh
The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no… — Zeno of Elea
When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The vice of envy is not only a dangerous, but a mean vice; for it is always a confession of inferiority. It may promote conduct… — Theodore Roosevelt

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