Precious Quotes

2044 Precious quotes by 1382 unique authors

The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order… — Robert Farrar Capon
Humans call animals 'dumb'... after they robbed their entire own precious world. They are intelligent beings in their own right, and thoroughly self-sufficient... if not… — Adela Popescu
Now, isn't imagination a precious thing? It peoples the earth with all manner of wonders... — Mark Twain
Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious. — Unknown Author
For two summers not a blue wing, not a blue warble. I seemed to miss something kindred and precious from my environment--the visible embodiment of… — John Burroughs
Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap. They are very… — Katherine Paterson
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew? — John Dryden
Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Human nature loses its most precious quality when it is robbed of its sense of things beyond, unexplored and yet insistent. — Alfred North Whitehead
There was always more in the world than men could see, walked they ever so slowly; they will see it no better for going fast.… — John Ruskin
Soon I'll be old and I've done precious little in this world for lack of time. I am always afraid I'll become senile before I've… — Paul Gauguin
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious. — Sappho
Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown,… — George Crabbe
For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake. — Phoebe Cary
Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition Â… we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts.… — Gregory Bateson
Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the world… — Robert Henri
Always, at the back of your soul, there is something that says to you, 'Mortal, drawn from eternal life for a short time, think how… — Eugene Delacroix
Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene can decline with… — Alain de Botton
Mud, rubbish and dirt are man's companions all his life; shouldn't they be precious to him, and isn't one doing man's service to remind him… — Jean Dubuffet
The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone. — Max Muller
O precious is the pause between the winds that come and go, / And sweet the silence of the shores between the ebb and flow. — Arthur O'Shaughnessy
The red library is Sui's tribute to fashion maven Diana Vreeland, who served as editor for Harper's Bazaar (1939-1962) and Vogue (1963-1961). My most precious… — Anna Sui
What is precious inside us does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence. — David Whyte
Your integrity is more precious than your life. — Randall Dale Adams
Nothing weighs more heavily on age than time. Nothing has more meaning Â… Now time becomes, with a kind of ruthless honesty, what it has… — Joan D. Chittister

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