Passes Quotes

976 Passes quotes by 718 unique authors

No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may… — Henry David Thoreau
If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually or suddenly, it… — William James
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. — Unknown Author
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. — John Cage
Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
It is the property of things seen for the first time, or for the first time after long, like the flowers in spring, to reawaken… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Each little thing that we do passes into the great machine of life which may grind our virtues to powder and make them worthless, or… — Oscar Wilde
Sensuality, too, which used to show itself course, smiling, unmasked, and unmistakable, is now serious, analytic, and so burdened with a sense of its responsibilities… — Agnes Repplier
They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes. — Pete Maravich
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense. — Moliere
Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius. — Euripides
Awareness means to listen to me unfocused - alert of course, not fallen asleep, but alert to these birds, their chirping, alert to the wind… — Rajneesh
Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival. — Honore de Balzac
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence. — Marcus Aurelius
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
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites… — William O. Douglas
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second,… — Elbert Hubbard
The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but it also passes… — Karl Popper
As regards authority I so proceed. Boetius says in the second prologue to his Arithmetic, 'If an inquirer lacks the four parts of mathematics, he… — Roger Bacon
In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is… — Samuel Johnson
Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both. — William Temple
Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum… — Freeman Dyson
The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at least one hour… — Rajneesh

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