Primordial Quotes

95 quotes by 75 authors

We have simply arrived too late in the history of the universe to see this primordial simplicity easily ... But although the symmetries are hidden… — Steven Weinberg
The individual man, in introspecting the fact of his own consciousness, also discovers the primordial natural fact of his freedom: his freedom to choose, his… — Murray Rothbard
Rebirth is an affirmation that must be counted among the primordial affirmations of mankind. The concept of rebirth necessarily implies the continuity of personality. Here… — Carl Jung
Ultimately, Leibniz argued, there are only two absolutely simple concepts, God and Nothingness. From these, all other concepts may be constructed, the world, and everything… — David Berlinski
As all things eternal and primordial reappear, so all things mortal return to the earth. Honor, old age, probity, justice, constance, virtue, and gentleness are… — Francis Quarles
The primordial model of the family is to be sought in God himself, in the Trinitarian mystery of his life. The divine "We" is the… — Pope John Paul II
I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but… — Jeremy Northam
My art is grounded in the belief of one universal energy which runs through everything: from insect to man, from man to spectre, from spectre… — Ana Mendieta
The primordial image, or archetype, is a figure--be it a daemon, a human being, or a process--that constantly recurs in the course of history and… — Carl Jung
The unsatisfied yearning of the artist reaches back to the primordial image in the unconscious which is best fitted to compensate the inadequacy and one-sidedness… — Carl Jung
The great problems of lifeâ€”sexuality, of course, among othersâ€”are always related to the primordial images of the collective unconscious. These images are really balancing or… — Carl Jung
Color is life; for a world without color appears to us as dead. Colors are primordial ideas, the children of light. — Johannes Itten
Colors are primordial ideas, children of the aboriginal colorless light and its counterpart, colorless darkness Light, that first phenomenon of the world, reveals to us… — Johannes Itten
In true meditation the emphasis is on being awareness; not on being aware of objects, but on resting as primordial awareness itself. Primordial awareness is… — Adyashanti
While new rights are attributed to or indeed almost presumed by the individual, life is not always protected as the primary value and the primordial… — Pope Francis
Consequently, if my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably… — Charles Darwin
Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual,… — Donna Karan
Things. Cosas. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the primordial joy of… — Tom Robbins
When we cling to thoughts and memories, we are clinging to what cannot be grasped. When we touch these phantoms and let them go, we… — Pema Chodron
Poetry evokes out of words the resonance of the primordial world. — Gerhart Hauptmann

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