Higher Quotes

2933 quotes by 1937 authors

I know of no American who starts from a higher level of aspiration than the journalist. . . . He plans to be both an… — H. L. Mencken
An event may be small and insignificant in its origin , and yet, when drawn close to oneâ€™s eye, it may open in its center… — Bruno Schulz
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. — Benjamin Disraeli
The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness,… — Elwyn Brooks White
Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that… — Mahatma Gandhi
Life on a lifeboat isnâ€™t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldnâ€™t… — Yann Martel
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. — Yann Martel
The problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain. — Peter HÃ¸eg
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. — Victor Hugo
Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us,… — Dan Brown
What is art but the life upon the larger scale, the higher. When, graduating up in a spiral line of still expanding and ascending gyres,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Every noble impulse, every unselfish expression of love, every surrender of self to something higher than self, every loyalty to an ideal, every fine courage… — David O. McKay
Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship… — David O. McKay
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is… — Mark Twain
The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. — Elizabeth Gilbert
love is thicker than forget more thinner than recall more seldom than a wave is wet more frequent than to fail it is most mad… — E E Cummings
I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust… — Ayn Rand
Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with… — Carl Jung
The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky, No higher than the… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him. — C.S. Lewis

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