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I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious, but present, patriarchal… — Cornel West
The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries… — Aldous Huxley
My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The highest… — Henry David Thoreau
Friends are "annuals" that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a "perennial" that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence… — Erma Bombeck
What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. When the centre of selfishness is no longer, all desires for pleasure… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
To the exponents of the Perennial Philosophy, the question whether Progress is inevitable or even real is not a matter of primary importance. For them,… — Aldous Huxley
The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of the inner order… — Russell Kirk
Grace is the permanent climate of divine kindness; the perennial infusion of springtime into the winter of bleakness. — John O'Donohue
We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial… — E. Merrill Root
Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins. — Major Taylor
Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue. — Noam Chomsky
I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each… — George Martin
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite… — DeWitt Clinton
These are classic, perennial ideals we are dealing with. — Rob Morrow
American families have always shown remarkable resiliency, or flexible adjustment to natural, economic, and social challenges. Their strengths resemble the elasticity of a spider web,… — Unknown Author
Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients, and for dentists a pocketful of gold. — Unknown Author
Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by the sheer extension of the world in time and space.… — Susan Sontag
The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That art thou'); the Atman, or immanent eternal Self, is one… — Aldous Huxley
It is one of our perennial problems, whether there is actually a God. From the Hindu point of view each soul is divine. All religions… — George Harrison
Friendship is like a perennial river which flows forever. It may change it's path but will never ever dry up. — Unknown Author
More broadly across time andcultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The… — David Blankenhorn

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