Veil Quotes

322 Veil quotes by 260 unique authors

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers… — Frederick William Robertson
A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. — Helen Rowland
I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women. — Salman Rushdie
Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or… — Salman Rushdie
Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what… — Paul Ryan
Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied. — Zadie Smith
Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil… — Radhanath Swami
Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out. — Lech Walesa
I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way. — Florence Welch
I do not have a bride gene. I haven't been planning a wedding since I was 3. I never put a sheet on my head… — Niecy Nash
All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil. — Benjamin Disraeli
We walked for some time, and grew to know each other, as best as we'd allow. These are some of the high points. They lack… — Harlan Ellison
If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves..." If the veil were rent today, and the great God who… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I guess I'm just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a… — S. J. Perelman
The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by… — C.S. Lewis
I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its… — Alexis de Tocqueville
You are here on earth for a divine purpose. It is not to be endlessly entertained or to be constantly in full pursuit of pleasure.… — Richard G. Scott
Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see—and… — Eugene O'Neill
Art is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a veil of pointless… — Stephen King
I can't imagine pain greater than stepping across the veil and realizing I had not done what I came here to do - or realizing… — Sheri L. Dew
Is it not certain that the Creator yawns in earthquake and thunder and other popular displays, but toils in rounding the delicate spiral of a… — William Butler Yeats
It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal… — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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