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Sublime Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- There is probably nothing more sublime than discontent transmuted into a work of art, a scientific discovery, and so on.
- The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless…
- The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness…
- Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth
- There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
More Sublime Quotes
- He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. — C.S. Lewis
- It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and… — Honore de Balzac
- There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from… — Walter Scott
- Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence… — Samuel Johnson
- And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of… — Abraham Lincoln
- For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering. What sublime humility and humble… — Francis of Assisi
- The less there is of you, the more you experience the sublime. — Joseph Campbell