"In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears……" — Harry Emerson Fosdick
"In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray.""
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91 Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick
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The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the…
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No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses...
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The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
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Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may…
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No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous…
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We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give…
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Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans…
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...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio…
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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
— William Arthur Ward
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As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the…
— John O'Donohue
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I'm here in the mountains, in the foothills of the Catskills.
— Rick Danko
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In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of…
— Rene Daumal
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No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give…
— Walton Goggins
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For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to…
— James Rollins
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Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I…
— Tom Hanks
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
— E. W. Howe
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Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards,…
— Radhanath Swami
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It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard…
— Raymond Chandler
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I sit watching the brown oceanic waves of dry country rising into the foothills and I weep monotonously, seasickly. Life…
— Alice Munro
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It seemed like a matter of minutes when we began rolling in the foothills before Oakland and suddenly reached a…
— Jack Kerouac
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