"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it…" — Lucretius
"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."
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97 Quotes by Lucretius
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All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with…
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No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know…
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life.
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Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great…
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Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
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From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
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Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small…
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The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
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Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.
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More Agitated Quotes
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Remember that poise and power are inseparably associated. The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the…
— Wallace D. Wattles
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It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting…
— Eknath Easwaran
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This truth may be handled either sinfully or profitably; sinfully as when it is treated on only to satisfy curiosity,…
— Anthony Burgess
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink…
— Truman Capote
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We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly…
— Dalai Lama
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The mind is like dishwater, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to…
— Unknown Author
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The surface of the quieted river, as I think now, is like a window looking into another world that is…
— Wendell Berry
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Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
— Ovid
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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Great art suspends the reverted eye, the lamented past, the anticipated future: we enter with it into the timeless present;…
— Ken Wilber
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Pondering a passage of scripture can be a key to unlock revelation and the guidance and inspiration of the Holy…
— Richard G. Scott
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