Grasped Quotes

145 Grasped quotes by 128 unique authors

They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them,… — George Orwell
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind… — Gustav Holst
We become new if we let ourselves be grasped and shaped by the new Man, Jesus Christ. He is the new Man par excellence. In… — Pope Benedict XVI
I can never know beforehand how God’s image should appear in others. That image always manifests a completely new and unique form that comes solely… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious. — C.S. Lewis
I carry my thoughts about with me for a long time... before writing them down... once I have grasped a theme. I shall not forget… — Ludwig van Beethoven
When we cling to thoughts and memories, we are clinging to what cannot be grasped. When we touch these phantoms and let them go, we… — Pema Chodron
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.… — Dogen
PROMOTE A REVOLUTIONARY FLOOD AND TIDE IN ART. Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be fully grasped by all peoples, not only… — Unknown Author
What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love. — William Sloane Coffin
Approaching forty, I had a singular dream in which I almost grasped the meaning and understood the nature of what it is that wastes in… — Cyril Connolly
Although I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count upward indefinitely if… — Robertson Davies
What is not grasped has all the chances to become real. — Edmond Jabes
Happiness, I have grasped, is a destination, like strawberry Fields. Once you find the way in, there you are, and you'll never feel low again. — Rachel Simon
Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not in the applause.… — Sydney J. Harris
One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their… — Christopher Lasch
The thing thats caught me off guard is going to dinner and people asking me for autographs or to take a picture. People coming to… — Johnny Manziel
The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit… — Zhuangzi
It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation. — Laozi
Most of the problems of the world stems from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t ever take words at face value. When you step into… — Elif Safak
If you don’t get excited about the gospel, you’ve never really grasped what it’s telling you. — Derek Prince
I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity. — Trevor Nunn

Who Wrote These Grasped Quotes

128 authors contributed a total of 145 Grasped Quotes, led by these top contributors: