Mortals Quotes

310 Mortals quotes by 200 unique authors

The glorious Vishnu is the sole refuge of mortals. He is Infinite Light, Love and Wisdom. He resides in the hearts of all beings. His… — Sivananda
Security is the chief enemy of mortals. — William Shakespeare
Tis not for mortals always to be blest. — John Armstrong
Considering the multitude of mortals that handle the pen in these days, and can mostly spell, and write without glaring violations of grammar, the question… — Thomas Carlyle
We mortals cross the ocean of this world Each in his average cabin of a life; The bests not big, the worst yields elbowroom. — Robert Browning
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die. — Sophocles
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles
Immortality is what nature possesses without effort and without anybody's assistance, and immortality is what the mortals must therefore try to achieve if they want… — Hannah Arendt
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate with mere mortals. — John Noble
Threefold are those supreme births of this divine force that is in the world, they are true, they are desirable; he moves there wide-overt within… — Sri Aurobindo
The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time. — Homer
It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by… — Morris Raphael Cohen
Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals is said to… — John Milton
God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind.The whole [of god] sees, the whole perceives, the… — Xenophanes
It is the abiding faith of mortals that mortality is a temporary condition. — Robert Breault
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the… — Bodhidharma
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to… — Bodhidharma
A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect… — Ben Jonson
Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all… — Horace
Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines… — Samuel Johnson
For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering. — Gautama Buddha
To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise! — Alexander Pope
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals. — Aeschylus
Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying… — Maurice Maeterlinck
I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life is not too… — Winthrop Mackworth Praed

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