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Never had the sky been more studded with stars and more charming, the trees more trembling, the odor of the grass more penetrating; never had… — Victor Hugo
Most of us would agree that the important thing about Jesus is not his supposed miraculous birth or the claim that he was resurrected from… — Forrest Church
Brooke Berman's voice is utterly distinct, and her book, detailing her nomadic artist's journey toward both a successful playwriting career and a home of her… — Maria Dahvana Headley
[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men... succeeds nevertheless… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Paul's One Way Out is a fresh, intelligently arranged, and satisfyingly complete telling of the lengthy (and unlikely) history of the group that almost singlehandedly… — Ashley Kahn
One of the shining moments of my day is that when, having returned a little weary from an afternoon walk, I exchange boots for slippers,… — George Gissing
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the… — Max von Laue
I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking… — Rita Levi-Montalcini
The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped… — Ivan Pavlov
The craft of writing is the art of penetrating other minds with the figures that are in your own mind. — John Steinbeck
There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice. — Thomas Clarkson
You have started the book with this bubble over your head that contains a cathedral full of fire - that contains a novel so vast… — Michael Cunningham
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium… — Frederic Farrar
Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you are relaxed you… — Rajneesh
The only truly intersting side of the matter was the intimate design of the injury, the fact that it was so penetrating, custom-made exactly to… — Saul Bellow
The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating… — Swami Vivekananda
The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics. — Bille August
Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired. — Leo Tolstoy
I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and… — Paul Gauguin
I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as you would put… — Hakuin Ekaku
There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material that are the… — Asger Jorn
Nature herself seems, I say, to take the pen out of his hand, and to write for him with her own bare, sheer, penetrating power. — Matthew Arnold
Man creates what he is, man creates himself. The meaning has to be created. You have to sing your meaning, you have to dance your… — Rajneesh

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