Sublime Quotes

380 Sublime quotes by 297 unique authors

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime. — James Russell Lowell
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination. — Bryant H. McGill
It seems that half the point of being in Miami Beach - particularly the northern end of South Beach - is to be observed by… — Susan Orlean
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider… — Pope John Paul II
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world. — James K. Polk
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly. — Alexander Pope
I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime. — Keanu Reeves
Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called… — Pierre Schaeffer
Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain,… — Polly Toynbee
I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of… — Ayelet Waldman
Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most sublime act is to set another before you. — William Blake
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths. — Denis Diderot
You start with the sublime and end up in an alley jerking away for dear life. — Henry Miller
But one thing this doctrine, so clean, so venerable, does not contain: it does nto contain the secret of what the Sublime One himself experienced,… — Hermann Hesse
It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most… — Richard Paul Evans
The more conscious I was of goodness and of all that was 'sublime and beautiful,'the more deeply I sank into my mire and the more… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect. — Mark Twain
When the starry sky, a vista of open seas, or a stained-glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of… — Julia Kristeva
Pity the planet, all joy gone from this sweet volcanic cone; peace to our children when they fall in small war on the heel of… — Robert Lowell
The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion. — Alan Watts
I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the… — Richard Wagner
It was hard to reconcile the drumbeats and lifted voices in the night with my memories of flames and the screams of dying men. How… — Robin Hobb

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