Grasp Quotes

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Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Kallor said: 'I walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the… — Steven Erikson
Mr. Rochester, I no more assign this fate to you than I grasp at it for myself. We were born to strive and endure -… — Charlotte Bronte
And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned beneath… — Vikram Chandra
It's freeing, to think that there's always an aspect of us outside the grasp of speech, the common stuff of language. — Mark Doty
It is a sad thing to want for happiness, but it is a terrible thing to see another groping about blindly for it, when it… — Theodore Dreiser
Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' Talk is clouds, Table Talk is smoke." Les Miserables — Victor Hugo
if you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth divides… — Susan Howatch
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us,… — Simone Weil
Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not herself give birth… — Jostein Gaarder
Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet… — Thomas S. Monson
Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isnâ€™t very much. — Eckhart Tolle
To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and sublimity reaches us… — Albert Einstein
All your life an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness. The day is coming when you will wake to find,… — C.S. Lewis
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King
Dance. Dance for the joy and breath of childhood. Dance for all children, including that child who is still somewhere entombed beneath the responsibility and… — Richard Paul Evans
Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort… — Thomas S. Monson
The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North American tourists, bound… — Che Guevara
Lara walked along the tracks following a path worn by pilgrims and then turned into the fields. Here she stopped and, closing her eyes, took… — Boris Pasternak
I have come to think that life is a far more limited thing than those in the midst of its maelstorm realize. That light shines… — Haruki Murakami

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