Torrent Quotes

66 quotes by 57 authors

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am above the forest region, amongst grand rocks & such a torrent as you see in Salvator Rosa's paintings vegetation all a scrub of… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
You cannot imagine the craving for rest that I feel-a hunger and thirst. For six long days, since my work was done, my mind has… — H.G. Wells
In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its… — Rumi
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back. — Ben Jonson
Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate. — Samuel Johnson
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in… — Alexander Koblencs
Make yourself a "capacity" and I will make myself a "torrent." — St. Catherine of Siena
No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words,… — George Washington
Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an… — Samuel Adams
So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. — Oliver Goldsmith
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of… — Gautama Buddha
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. — Gautama Buddha
Another way to look at meditation is to view thinking itself as a waterfall, a cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness, we are going beyond… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something. The strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to… — Thomas Carlyle
Here's the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a… — Cliff Bleszinski
He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare… — Washington Irving
The law changes and flows like water, and . . . the stream of women's rights law has become a sudden rushing torrent. — Shana Alexander
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you-trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it, as many of your players… — William Shakespeare

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