Bible Quote by Russell Shorto

“Humanism, he continued, leaning toward his colleagues with the zeal of his conviction even as he stumbled over his words, that holds as its…

— Jean Hegland

“Consequently he himself perceived that a knowledge of mankind would have availed him more than all the legal refinements and philosophical maxims in the…

— Nikolai Gogol

“His elucidation was so minute and clear, and his metaphysical reasonings so acute and captivating, that his opinion was universally accepted as an historical…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“He was, as every truly great poet has ever been, a good man; but finding it impossible to realize his own aspirations, either in…

— Anonymous

“I call him truly learned who brings everything to bear on the truth, so that from geometry, music, grammar, and philosophy itself, culling what…

— Clement of Alexandria

“It pained him that he did not know well what politics meant and that he did not know where the universe ended. He felt…

— James Joyce

“There was something about him so pure and untarnished,yet he was powerful and well-versed on life.”

— Cecelia Ahern

“It is his raw ambition that draws her in, the impracticality of it all, this idea that he wants to do great things with…

— Thomas Christopher Greene

“Isn't it distinctly to be seen in the development of each philosopher's theory, that he knows what is the chief significance of life beforehand,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so viscious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion…

— Mary Shelley

“God, Himself, wrote the 10 into stone with his own finger. He told the epic of mankind, our origins and our future, in a…

— Gerard de Marigny

“In fact, he had always done the bare minimum of research necessary to support these myths. He was lazy, and essentially what he did…

— Douglas Adams