Surpassing Quotes

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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying. — Simone de Beauvoir
Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason. — Thomas Aquinas
Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach. — John Amos Comenius
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come… — Quintilian
Surpassing my achievements feels incredible; I want to replicate that again and again. — Katherine Reutter
The combination of such characters, some, as the sacral ones, altogether peculiar among Reptiles, others borrowed, as it were, from groups now distinct from each… — Richard Owen
The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold!… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The universe exists under a reign of eternal law, surpassing the imperfect laws of human government. Such orderliness, such domination by law, imply intelligent planning… — John Andreas Widtsoe
Computers bootstrap their own offspring, grow so wise and incomprehensible that their communiquÃ©s assume the hallmarks of dementia: unfocused and irrelevant to the barely-intelligent creatures… — Peter Watts
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether… — Pope John XXIII
Love is only surpassing sweet when it is directed toward a mortal object, and the secret of this ultimate sweetness only is defined by the… — Franz Rosenzweig
Nothing matters more to AA's future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used unselfishly and well, it can… — Bill W.
The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of the whole community. It was… — Max Nordau
From the grasses in the field to the stars in the sky, each one is doing just that; and there is such profound peace and… — Rabindranath Tagore
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth… — Pope John Paul II
The speaking will get easier and easier. And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have… — Audre Lorde
To be a runner is to learn continual life lessons. To be a coach is not just to teach these lessons but also to feel… — Martin Dugard
For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it. No created being can ever know how much and how sweetly… — Julian of Norwich
Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques... — Mas Oyama

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