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Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of giving myself, in… — Erich Fromm
Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident… — Oswald Chambers
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve. — Khalil Gibran
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its… — Kenneth Grahame
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are… — Eric Hoffer
Let us not depreciate Earth. There is no atom in it but is alive and astir in the all-penetrating splendor of God. From the infinitesimal… — Lucy Larcom
If you look at that incredible burst of fantastic characters that emerged in the late 19th century/early 20th century, you can see so many of… — Alan Moore
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. — George Jean Nathan
Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. — Octavio Paz
She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel. — P.G. Wodehouse
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops — H. L. Mencken
No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle… — Joseph Conrad
It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation,… — Joseph Conrad
My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke… — Dr. Seuss
We are, all of us, exploring a world none of us understands...searching for a more immediate, ecstatic, and penetrating mode of living...for the integrity, the… — Hillary Clinton
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
But under it all they were men, penetrating the land of desolation and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting themselves against… — Jack London
The scream of the twelve-inch shrapnel is more penetrating than the hiss from a thousand Jewish newspaper vipers. Therefore let them go on with their… — Adolf Hitler
After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge. — Richard Matheson
He looked at the box with interest. 'Well, well. Five speeds. Heat and massage. Deep, penetrating action. Sure this isn't yours? — Jeaniene Frost
Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with… — John Stuart Mill
I'm tired of my life, my clothes, the things I say. I'm hacking away at the surface, as at some kind of gray ice, trying… — James Salter
You've got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can't think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases. — Aldous Huxley
He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in… — Robert Cormier
The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann

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