All things Quote by Xenophanes Download Open image “All things that come into being and grow are earth and water.” — Xenophanes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare All things Earth Grows Matter Nature Science Water
We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of water ... to become transformed into earth through a predominating earthy virtue; ... it is in the nature… — Avicenna Copy Share Image
The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom.… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
There is one god, greatest among gods and men, who bears no similarity to humans either in shape or thought... but humans believe that… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that… — Thomas Willis Copy Share Image
A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this… — Brian Swimme Copy Share Image
Dear God, I trust that no matter what happens in my life, it is for my highest good. And no matter what happens in… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto. — Barbara Bretton Copy Share Image
There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,… — James Nayler Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. — Homer Copy Share Image
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile,… — Margaret D. Nadauld Copy Share Image
![“...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom. For if there should be in the city [any athlete whose skill] is honoured more than strength ... the city would not on that account be any better governed.” quote by Xenophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e65/xenophanes-16062_accounts_for-our-wisdom-is-better-than-the-streng_36482.jpg)
