Whence Quotes

203 quotes by 181 authors

Paul Gauguin asked, "whence do we come? What are we? Where are we going?" Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I came from… — Bill Watterson
The tragedy is that we cannot believe the dogmas of religion and metaphysics if we have the strict methods of truth in heart and head,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Whence came I, whither go I? Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can… — Erwin Schrodinger
Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless, and independent? There… — Adam Smith
Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows… — Walt Disney
Whence did the wond'rous mystic art arise, / Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? / That we by tracing magic lines are taught,… — Marshall McLuhan
There was the gate next, which she(Liesel)clung to. A gang of tears trudged from her eyes as she held on and refused to go inside.… — Markus Zusak
XXVIII "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a rock, a mighty fortress; "Often have I been to it, "Even to its highest tower, "From whence the… — Stephen Crane
That's the big picture, your happiness. And health. You should never care what a man thinks of you -- until he demonstrates to you that… — Sherry Argov
In moments of doubt I cry, â€˜Could God Himself create such lovely things as I dreamed?â€™ â€˜Whence then came thy dream?â€™ answers Hope. — George MacDonald
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs ... has been, not whether… — John Locke
She had sacrificed her childhood to save her brothers; she loved her family above all else, and her spirits yearned to return home once more,… — Juliet Marillier
When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of money-grabbers, then the… — Robert E. Howard
Whence all this passion towards conformity anyway? Diversity is the word. Let man keep his many parts and you will have no tyrant states. Why,… — Ralph Ellison
Love is higher than the Highest. Love is greater than the Greatest. Yea, it is in a certain sense greater than God; while yet, in… — Jakob Bohme
Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and… — Nancy Gibbs
Music is intangible and ephemeral, but it comes from the home world of the spirit, and though so fleeting, it is recognized by the spirit… — Max Heindel
Whence, then, did the cathedral derive its power? Clearly here: It took back the family into the confidences of religion. It taught man and woman… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where. — Omar Khayyam
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue? — James Montgomery

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