Pristine Quotes

61 quotes by 57 authors

If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff… — Martha Beck
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of… — Ruth Benedict
I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that biology also had… — Francis Collins
Pythagoras based musical education in the first place on certain melodies and rhythm that exercised a healing, a purifying influence on the human actions and… — Porphyry
Let man heal the hurt places and revere whatever is still miraculously pristine. — David R. Brower
We are all Spirit experiencing a process set up to facilitate its (each Spirit's) understanding of its true identity and, through that understanding, to revert… — Ian Gardner
We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment… — Eckhart Tolle
I'm a total water-baby. I've seen some pristine beaches, from Greece to Goa. — Esha Gupta
The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into the camera's gaze--the camera's domain… — Frank Lentricchia
Unjust social orders do no fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history teaches… — Timothy B. Tyson
The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black mulberry… — Mo Yan
We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you… — Penny Marshall
Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body...are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were… — Sebastiao Salgado
I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression… — Sebastiao Salgado
In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet… — Sebastiao Salgado
The Sierra, a region so quiet and pristine that we have the sense of being the first human beings ever to set foot in it.… — Jim Fergus
There's a place in you that you must keep inviolate. You must keep it pristine. Clean. So that nobody has a right to curse you… — Maya Angelou
A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake… — Matt Gonzalez
To pine for an alternative past is a waste of energy. In the pristine world of your infinite spiritual self, there is no sin or… — Stuart Wilde

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