Lofty Quotes

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The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do not honor him… — Khalil Gibran
Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the… — Henry David Thoreau
Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that. — John F. Kennedy
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the… — Charles Dickens
We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with one or another… — Thomas Carlyle
Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves. — Alexis de Tocqueville
When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many… — Sri Chinmoy
Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears. — Philibert Joseph Roux
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to… — Laurie Notaro
Come to me. Are you lost? I can see another way from where I live. The heart can see a path that's out of sight… — Robert H. Schuller
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none. — Maimonides
. . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through all the years… — William Wordsworth
The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made… — Samuel Johnson
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I am from and… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty, far-seeing regions; the… — Thomas Carlyle
It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive [Stanley] Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do.… — David Brooks
To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is… — Michel de Montaigne
Art thaws even the frozen, darkened soul, opening it to lofty spiritual experience. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,--ere he framed… — William C. Bryant

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