Their Meaning Quotes

71 quotes by 65 authors

I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more… — Margaret Atwood
You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the truth. So many days in the archives, copying, copying. The gravity of the Tang and… — Hsu Yun
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the… — Lydia M. Child
When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty. — Confucius
We are apt to think we know what time is because we can measure it, but no sooner do we reflect upon it than that… — Robert Morrison MacIver
Good applied science in medicine, as in physics, requires a high degree of certainty about the basic facts at hand, and especially about their meaning,… — Lewis Thomas
Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach… — Adam Sedgwick
My words are like a ship, and the sea is their meaning. Come to me and I will take you to the depths of spirit. — Rumi
Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to… — Thomas Jefferson
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in,… — John C. Maxwell
My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice… — Laozi
A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you like it if… — Thomas a Kempis
We cannot change our memories, but we can change their meaning and the power they have over us. — David Seamands
To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the 'music,' but to… — Peter Senge
In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . .… — Mark Twain
Many who know something but not enough about dreams and their meaning...are liable to succumb to the prejudice that the dream actually has a moral… — Carl Jung
To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality. — Ayn Rand
It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does… — Robert Musil
The Saviorâ€™s words are simple, yet their meaning is profound and deeply significant. We are to love God and to love and care for our… — M. Russell Ballard
The symbol is greater than visible substance. . . . Unhappy the land that has no symbols, or that chooses their meaning without great care. — Freya Stark

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