Upon Things Quotes
19 quotes by 18 authors
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From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon…
— Myrtle Reed
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One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of…
— Malcolm X
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Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you will think it…
— Robert E. Lee
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To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Well, pioneers always suffer. I don't care who is the first to embark upon things. For instance, settlers that settled the West, Western Canada and…
— Bobby Hull
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The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things…
— Andre Maurois
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How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees and hears all that he…
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
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We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that…
— William Duncan Silkworth
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The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and honey but not with sufficient water, rich in rocks and…
— David Ben-Gurion
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb the dust, the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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A taste for liberal art is necessary to complete the character of a gentleman, Science alone is hard and mechanical. It exercises the understanding upon…
— William Hazlitt
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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment…
— William James
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I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men…
— Peter Steele
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Occasionally in life we come upon things we can't understand, because we have never seen anything similar.
— Arthur Golden
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When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for…
— Oscar Wilde
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Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high…
— Samuel Johnson
Who Wrote These Upon Things Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 19 Upon Things Quotes as follows: