Highest Quotes
2429 Highest quotes by 1512 unique authors
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We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism…
— F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
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Ultimately all knowing, from the highest to the lowest, is the result of experience; it arises on the way of experiences.
— Rudolf Steiner
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The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.
— Charles de Saint-Evremond
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I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my…
— Martina Hingis
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Yes, the highest things are beyond words. That is probably why all art aspires to the condition of wordlessness. When literature works on you, it…
— Ben Okri
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The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.
— Asger Jorn
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Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally,…
— Adyashanti
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Gloria, Gloria! they cry, for their song embraces all that the Lord has begun this day: Glory to God in the highest of heavens! And…
— Walter Wangerin
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So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern,…
— Lawren Harris
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the highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible...
— Egon Friedell
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Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies…
— Norman Vincent Peale
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The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage,…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.
— Will Rogers
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Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty
— Thomas Aquinas
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When a sunbeam falls on a transparent substance, the substance itself becomes brilliant, and radiates light from itself. So too Spirit bearing souls, illumined by…
— Saint Basil
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The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment
— Pythagoras
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Before we can properly help the people, we have to destroy the old education... that teaches them that somebody is keeping them back and that…
— Marcus Garvey
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As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.
— Peace Pilgrim
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The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time, no eating,…
— Dharma Mittra
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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over. The…
— John Muir
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The highest court is in the end one's own conscience and conviction-that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist-and before any science…
— Max Planck
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I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories…
— Walt Disney
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