Spirals Quotes

144 quotes by 132 authors

The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free. — Vladimir Nabokov
Human knowledge is not (or does not follow) a straight line, but a curve, which endlessly approximates a series of circles, a spiral. Any fragment,… — Vladimir Lenin
His way had therefore come full circle, or rather had taken the form of an ellipse or a spiral, following as ever no straight unbroken… — Hermann Hesse
He goes his way. We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest. — Neil Gaiman
For in grief nothing "stays put." One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going… — C.S. Lewis
The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through… — Elif Safak
Her death would leave me scattered, talking to chairs and pillows. Don't let us die, I want to cry out to that fifth-century sky ablaze… — Don DeLillo
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. "Bacon," Bitterblue muttered. "Bacon!" she repeated, then carefully… — Kristin Cashore
The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low. — Hunter S. Thompson
Being near her was like balancing on a tipping world, trying to keep your footing as the ground wanted to roll you forward, hurl you… — Laini Taylor
Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesnâ€™t murder murder. Violence may murder the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let me explain it to you then. I just had a beautiful girl trust me enough to touch her and see her in a way… — Abbi Glines
We do NOT know the past in chronological sequence. It may be convenient to lay it out anesthetized on the table with dates pasted on… — Ezra Pound
The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line. — Marion Milner
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly,… — Tony Robbins
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth… — Menachem Mendel Schneerson
A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Assurance, action, and evidence influence each other in an ongoing process. This helix is like a coil, and as it spirals upward it expands and… — David A. Bednar
When you break the spirals of stories in the mind and learn shifting your point of view, you develop control on yourself as well as… — Senoraroy

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