Subtler Quotes

44 quotes by 39 authors

When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god,… — Gore Vidal
If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways. — Arthur Koestler
Great art grabs you, against your will, and then suspends your will. You are ushered into a quiet clearing, free of desire, free of grasping,… — Ken Wilber
I am exclusively occupied with the problem of gravitation and hope with the help of a local mathematician friend [Marcel Grossman] to overcome all the… — Albert Einstein
There is no pleasure subtler than the sensation of being a good workman; and in work there is the sense of consanguinity-unconscious as a rule… — Marianne Moore
Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by… — Louis D. Brandeis
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the… — Ramana Maharshi
How could an idiotic universe have produced creatures whose mere dreams are so much stronger, better, subtler than itself? — C.S. Lewis
There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But alwaysâ€” do not forget this, Winstonâ€”… — George Orwell
Heimat. The word mean home in German, the place where one was born. But the term also conveys a subtler nuance, a certain tenderness. One's… — Jenna Blum
Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler… — Herman Melville
Friendship, then, like the other natural loves, is unable to save itself. In reality, because it is spiritual and therefore faces a subtler enemy, it… — C.S. Lewis
Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that great tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle, and divides us by… — George Eliot
Raising children with an emphasis on intrinsic rewards is not a technique, a method or a trick to get them to do what the parent… — Mamie Van Doren
Sahaja Yoga is a very subtle happening within us. It's a very subtle happening. And this subtler happening gives you sensitivity to divine joy. — Nirmala Srivastava
Man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser, and subtler; his body will become more harmonious, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of… — Leon Trotsky
In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications must… — John Updike
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer… — Richard Powers
One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself. — Jerome Bruner
LOL does not mean laughing out loud anymore. It's evolved into something that is much subtler — Suman Rai

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