Subtle Quotes

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Death is the opening of a more subtle life. In the flower, it sets free the perfume; in the chrysalis, the butterfly; in man, the… — Juliette Adam
One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the… — Shirley Ann Grau
How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains. — Leonardo da Vinci
Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It has arrested ten thousand lightning flashes… — Richard Chenevix Trench
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; (2) They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straight forwardness; (3) Without subtle ingenuity… — Sun Tzu
Our intentions - noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called seeds. The garden… — Gil Fronsdal
All things are aggregations of atoms that dance & by their movement produce sound. When the rhythm of the dance changes, the sound it produces… — Alexandra David-Neel
This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are. — Rumi
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium! — Thomas de Quincey
Lack of love for the vegetative, subtle, cthonic, pagan, and sexy aspect of the world means death. — Alan Watts
You may be living under the illusion that when God ignites great things in your life, He'll announce it with a big bang. He might.… — Steven Furtick
...behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. — Albert Einstein
I see the President almost every day. I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln's dark brown face with its deep-cut lines, the eyes always to me… — Walt Whitman
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what… — George R. R. Martin
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the… — Amy Tan
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique. — Mikhail Tal
You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business. — Elliott Erwitt
In your body, there exists a subtle current of electricity, very subtle. But the subtler it is, the deeper it goes. It is not very… — Rajneesh
Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This… — Oliver E. Williamson
Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust. — Piers Paul Read

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