Object Quotes

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What wealth have you, if you have not got Christ? If Christ is the object before you, will all the things that fret you take… — George Wigram
The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the… — Edmund Burke
Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that… — Carlos Castaneda
Each eye can have its vision separately; but when we are looking at anything our vision, which in itself is divided, joins up and unites… — John Calvin
The ocean is an object of no small terror. — Edmund Burke
People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by… — Henry Ward Beecher
Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of… — Aristotle
Evolution is gaining the psychic zones of the world... life, being and ascent of consciousness, could not continue to advance indefinitely along its line without… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or… — Bruce Lee
After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a… — Charles Darwin
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so forlornly unhappy as when we have lost our love object or its… — Sigmund Freud
When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Free passion is radiation without a radiator, a fluid, pervasive warmth that flows effortlessly. It is not destructive because it is a balanced state of… — Chogyam Trungpa
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement… — John Stuart Mill
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the… — Leonardo da Vinci
For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it… — Leonardo da Vinci
I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use… — Bibhu Mohapatra
What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist is there, the… — Henry Selick
Every kid has a toy that they believe is their best friend, that they believe communicates with them, and they imagine it being alive, their… — Henry Selick
I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to… — Antony Gormley

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