Shells Quotes

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Compassion for the friend should conceal itself under a hard shell. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I roamed the countryside searching for the answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the… — Leonardo da Vinci
Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Spiritual seeking means knowing this negative part: that desiring is the root cause of frustration. To desire is to create, of one`s own accord, a… — Rajneesh
A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form… — Ambrose Bierce
In the case of those solids, whether of earth, or rock, which enclose on all sides and contain crystals, selenites, marcasites, plants and their parts,… — Nicolas Steno
I am convinced, by repeated observation, that marbles, lime-stones, chalks, marls, clays, sand, and almost all terrestrial substances, wherever situated, are full of shells and… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
There were big geysers coming up where the shells were landing and there were bodies floating, face down, face up. — Elliot Johnson
It would indeed be a great delusion, if we stated that those sports of Nature [we find] enclosed in rocks are there by chance or… — Agostino Scilla
To use Newton's words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and there on the beach, with… — Frank Drake
The shell model, although proposed by theoreticians, really corresponds to the experimentalist's approach. It was born from a thorough study of the experimental data, plotting… — Maria Goeppert-Mayer
In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" - but there's a… — Susan Cain
The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the… — Meister Eckhart
Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under stress for several… — James Hansen
The cries of the wounded had much diminished now, and as we staggered down the road, the reason was only too apparent, for the water… — Edwin Campion Vaughan
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Give my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon, My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of… — Walter Raleigh
It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to evolutionary and psychological transformation as… — Joanna Macy
Music is a thing of the soul-a roselipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea-a strange bird singing the songs of another shore. — J. G. Holland
The body was so little a part of him that its final stillness seemed nothing of importance. He was half out of it anyway and… — Pearl S. Buck

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