Likeness Quotes

182 quotes by 146 authors

Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend… — Teresa of Avila
As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect… — Thomas Aquinas
In the moment of appreciation we live again the moment when the creator saw and held the hidden likeness. — Jacob Bronowski
The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind. — Thomas Carlyle
I sued American Apparel because they calculatingly took my name, my likeness and image and used them publicly to promote their business. — Woody Allen
Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my… — George Washington
No glass renders a man's form or likeness so true as his speech. — Ben Jonson
He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating… — Clement of Alexandria
God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor any ill-intending person to afflict… — Jerry Bridges
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in… — Dorothy Day
The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth. Indeed, the whole… — Pope John Paul II
Longing, breathing, and panting after deliverance is a grace in itself, that has a mighty power to conform the soul into the likeness of the… — John Owen
God's love does not distinguish between the infant in the mother's womb or the child or the youth or the adult or the older person.… — Pope Benedict XVI
Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed from different kinds… — Irenaeus of Lyons
The greatest marvel is not in the individual. It is in the succession, in the renewal and in the duration of the species that Nature… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And… — Francis of Assisi
"In each of our lives Jesus comes as the Bread of Life - to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This is how He… — Mother Teresa
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable,… — Bertrand Russell
Yet when we achieved, and the new world dawned, the old men came out again and took our victory to remake it in the likeness… — T.E. Lawrence

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