Subtle Quotes

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The way we move within time is a kind of dance. We are always keeping time within one rhythm or another. Music, of course, is… — Mel Weitsman
On the one hand, we are faced with the stewardship of this beautiful, subtle, incredibly delicate, fragile planet. On the other, we confront the destiny… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
If you walk into a forest - you hear all kinds of subtle sounds - but underneath there is an all pervasive silence. — Eckhart Tolle
One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the… — Deepak Chopra
Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign… — John Donne
. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm. — Laozi
In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order to destroy, It… — Laozi
Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more… — Mike Myers
The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting the… — Pal Benko
Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on Earth. They are constantly in meditation. Subtle energy is their natural language. — Mantak Chia
Worry is a subtle way of telling God that He's fallen asleep at the wheel and that things aren't under His authority, but ours. — Margaret Feinberg
When you get free from certain fixed concepts of the way the world is, you find it is far more subtle, and far more miraculous,… — Alan Watts
The subtle are the causes, the gross the effects. — Swami Vivekananda
If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment… — Alan Ayckbourn
True magic therefore is the high knowledge of the more subtle powers that have not yet been acknowledged by science up to this date because… — Franz Bardon
Because mothers make us, because they map our emotional terrain before we even know we are capable of having an emotional terrain, they know just… — Rebecca Walker
We must realize that violence is not confined to physical violence. Fear is violence, caste discrimination is violence, exploitation of others, however subtle, is violence,… — Satish Kumar
My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected — Duncan Sheik
When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they were younger because… — Jesse Sheidlower
One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice. — Michael Marshall Smith

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