Illuminating Quotes

88 Illuminating quotes by 86 unique authors

Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning. — Marcus Buckingham
The only rule was that the stuff had to be funny and pretty short. To me, the quintessential Army Man joke was one of John… — George Meyer
Metaphor isn't just a fancy turn of speech. It shapes our thoughts and feelings, reaches out to grasp new experience, and even binds our five… — James Richardson
For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With… — Sengcan
Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp… — Gautama Buddha
Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the… — Brendan Kennelly
Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue. — Hildegard of Bingen
Keepers of light carry invisible candles of hope, touching hearts and illuminating the souls of friends. — Tom Baker
Books did not need to be beautiful back in the Fifties, because nothing else was beautiful back then. Books were simply there: you read them… — Joe Queenan
Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn't allow that torch to be extinguished. — Libba Bray
Astrology is a science in itself and contains an illuminating body of knowledge. It taught me many things and I am greatly indebted to it. — Albert Einstein
...angels... are always being filled full of light, becoming ever more radiant and making blessed use of their natural ability to change. They dance for… — Gregory Palamas
I am a moment illuminating eternity....I am affirmation...I am ecstasy. — Alexander Scriabin
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to… — Kiri Te Kanawa
The vain.- We are like shop windows in which we are continually arranging, concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us - in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is illuminating to note, here, how the daily rituals and working routines of prolific authors and artists - people who really do get a… — Oliver Burkeman
After illuminating the work of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Louise Bourgeois, Balthus, and other modern artists, Mieke Bal again demonstrates her extraordinary flair for cultural criticism in… — Jonathan Culler
The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach making… — Julie Mehretu
The soul is stronger than the ego. It lives to BE, and give. We are of one Light, illuminating ourselves and those whom we love. — Michelle Cruz
Otter is the most brilliant mix of facts ancient and modern about the otter species and its vulnerability to man's seemingly insatiable need to hunt… — Virginia McKenna
Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the illuminating Light of Christ Consciousness, present in every soul, every flower, every atom. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the nature… — Paul Nurse
He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light… — Maximus the Confessor
Just like the car headlights impressively illuminating the dark streets, wisdom words powerfully enlighten the dark minds! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

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