Eternity Quote by Henry David Thoreau Download Open image “Man's moral nature is a riddle which only eternity can solve.” — Henry David Thoreau ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Eternity Men Moral Morality Nature Riddle Solve
A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation... — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Man is like a tree, with the mighty trunk of intellect, the spreading branches of imagination, and the roots of the lower instincts that… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“But the problem becomes even worse. For, regardless of immortality, if there is no God, then there is no objective standard of right and… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Once a man recognizes himself as a being surrounded by other beings in this world and begins to respect his life and take it… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite. — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The religion of art, like the religion of politics, was born from the ruins of Christianity. Art inherited from the old religion the power… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I think we all have a core that's ecstatic, that knows and that looks up in wonder. We all know that there are marvelous… — Coleman Barks Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Heaven? Floating about with everyone you ever knew for eternity? Me family does me 'ed in after one day at xmas, I'd rather be… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity? — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
You and I are both life. There's just the experience of every moment. We like to call them moments. There isn't really such a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You've decided to love me for eternity, I'm still deciding who I want to be today. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
You may have some friends that come and go, but having a friend like God will last forever. — Alyssa Tillmon Copy Share Image
