Grasp Quotes

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Love's true nature remains forever beyond the grasp of all our faculties. It is far greater than any feeling or emotion and completely surpasses any… — Gerald May
We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can… — Pauline Kael
When we are in the grasp of illusion - or, for that matter, whenever we have a new idea - instead of searching for ways… — Leonard Mlodinow
At that point I ought to have gone away, but a strange sensation rose up in me, a sort of defiance of fate, a desire… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them. — Jean Cocteau
Physics is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as something that is considered to be independent of its being observed. In this sense one speaks… — Albert Einstein
When sunlight falls on a crystal, lights of all colors of the rainbow appear; yet they have no substance that you can grasp. Likewise, all… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Animals do feel like us, also joy, love, fear and pain but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to take their… — Denis de Rougemont
Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in… — Plato
In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might… — Viktor E. Frankl
The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future. — Iris Murdoch
The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith. — George Edward Woodberry
I often think that we are like the carp swimming contentedly in that pond. We live out our lives in our own "pond," confident that… — Michio Kaku
No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and has a profound… — Mao Zedong
The best of all things is something entirely outside your grasp: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second-best thing… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are! — Napoleon Hill
Student journeys which were important to me were Sicily, Greece, and Egypt, where I really saw these buildings, and that is where you're able to… — Ben Nicholson
If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement. It… — Linji Yixuan
Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine. — Michael Kimmelman
My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will. — Fiona Wood

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