Living Thing Quotes

166 quotes by 139 authors

I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing… — Gillian Anderson
One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must therefore never expect to find… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree,… — John Stuart Mill
The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint,… — Joseph de Maistre
There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play in it, look… — Cecelia Ahern
True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started… — William Golding
The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has an evanescence of life, or… — Freya Stark
Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself. — Bertrand Russell
A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who… — William Dobell
As soon as we touch the complex processes that go on in a living thing, be it plant or animal, we are at once forced… — John Jacob Abel
Increased knowledge of heredity means increased power of control over the living thing, and as we come to understand more and more the architecture of… — Reginald Punnett
There's a part of every living thing that wants to become itself: the tadpole into the frog, the chrysalis into the butterfly, a damaged human… — Ellen Bass
The world is too complicated in all parts and interconnections to be due to chance alone. I am convinced that the existence of life with… — Allan Sandage
In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living… — Bill Harley
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding. — Mary Lou Retton
Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Relationship is the mirror in which we see ourselves as we are. All life is a movement in relationship. There is no living thing on… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Crucially we haven't been figuring out how to live in oneness, with the Earth & every other living thing; we have just been insanely trying… — Thandie Newton
Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself. — Portia de Rossi

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