Sublime Quotes

380 Sublime quotes by 297 unique authors

The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined. But, notwithstanding this, the more… — Joseph Priestley
Distrust even Mathematics; albeit so sublime and highly perfected, we have here a machine of such delicacy it can only work in vacuo, and one… — Anatole France
We are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us.… — Henry David Thoreau
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has… — Saint John Chrysostom
You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes… — Unknown Author
In all literary history there is no such figure as Dante, no such homogeneousness of life and works, such loyalty to ideas, such sublime irrecognition… — James Russell Lowell
The sublime can only be found in the great subjects. Poetry, history and philosophy all have the same object, and a very great object-Man and… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure… — Unknown Author
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened. — Francis of Assisi
Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so ominous.… — Joel Achenbach
A student brings something to discuss, saying, "I don't know whether this is really good, or whether I should throw it in the wastebasket." The… — William Stafford
Nature conceals her secrets because she is sublime, not because she is a trickster. — Albert Einstein
With every rising of the sun, Think of your life as just begun. The past has shrived and buried deep All yesterdays; there let them… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which is the knowledge… — Khalil Gibran
Earth Is Enough. We men of Earth have here the stuff Of Paradise - we have enough! We need no other stones to build The… — Edwin Markham
In the life of husband and wife together, fatherhood and motherhood represent such a sublime "novelty" and richness as can only be approached "on one's… — Pope John Paul II
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose ...… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. He personified… — Ronald Reagan
Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never… — Thomas Jefferson
As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good… — Lord Byron
Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is… — George Eliot
Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were of silk, the… — John Keats
Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting… — Henry Rollins

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