Ancient
In taste and imagination, in the graces of style, in the arts of persuasion, in the magnificence of public works, the ancients were at least our equals
Author: Thomas Babington MacaulayTopics: Ancient, Famous, Feelings, Grace, Imagination, Life, Meaningful, Taste
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.
Author: Rainer Maria RilkeTopics: Ancient, Around, Falcon, Song, Thousand, Years
With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher
Author: Thomas Babington MacaulayTopics: Ancient, Famous, Feelings, Future, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive, Respect
My life shall be free and broad and great, and I will not be the slave to the sense delights which chained my ancient ancestry. I reject the heritage. I break the entail. And who are you to say I am unwise?
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Ancient, Break, Great, Heritage, Life, Slave
The Book of Job and the 19th Psalm, which even the Church admits to be more ancient than the chronological order in which they stand in the book called the Bible, are theological orations conformable to the original system of theology
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Admits, Ancient, Bible, Book, Chronological, Church, Conformable, Famous, Job, Meaningful, Orations, Order, Original, Stand, System, Theological, Theology
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Ancient, Dreams, Famous, Memories, Mountains, Ocean, Time
I met a traveller from an ancient land.
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Topics: Ancient, Famous, Land, Met, Traveller
It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit.
Author: Theodor HerzlTopics: Ancient, Ancient work, Experiences, Famous, Inspirational, Land, Land of desire, Life, Meaningful, Spirit, Spirit of commerce, Troublesome, True, True courage
The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Author: Rudyard KiplingTopics: Ancient, Captains, Famous, Forget, Humble, Meaningful, Sacrifice, Shouting
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Ancient, Compass, Famous, Govern, Life, Loss, Meaningful, Moment, Opinions, Rules, Rules to live by, Steer
The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn’t matter what it is, or how hard it might seem, as the ancient Greek, Plato, said, ‘The beginning is the most important part of any work.
Author: Richard BransonTopics: Ancient, Beginning, Famous, Greek, Learned, Lesson, Plato, Work
A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
Author: Ray BradburyTopics: Ancient, Book, Egypt, Famous, Smell
The ceremonies you have seen today are ancient, and some of their origins are veiled in the mists of the past. But their spirit and their meaning shine through the ages never, perhaps, more brightly than now.
Author: Queen Elizabeth IITopics: Ancient, Famous, Feelings, Life, Spirit
To change the world, we need to combine Ancient wisdom with new technologies.
Author: Paulo CoelhoTopics: Ancient, Change, Combine, Famous, Technologies, Wisdom, World
Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame.
Author: Dante AlighieriTopics: Ancient, Blood, Drop, Famous, Flame, Meaningful, Recognize
I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.
Author: Carl Sagan
Topics: Ancient, Die, Die Empty, Part, Participant, Remembering, Sufficient, Suggests, Thinking, Thinking mind, Thoughtful manner, Will, Will power, Workings, World
Those who wish to proceed in that direction cannot lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient than those of the Revolutionary fathers
Author: Calvin CoolidgeTopics: Ancient, Ancient work, Father, Idea, Ideal, Modern, Problem, Proceed, Progress, Reaching, React, Reactionaries, Revolution, Revolve
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him.
Author: Mark TwainTopics: Ancient, English, Family, Famous, Meaningful, Sixteenth Century
In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” – “The Book of Universal Truths, Chapter 1
Author: Terry PratchettTopics: Ancient, Famous, Forgotten, Meaningful, Truth, Universe
You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. ‘Have you found joy in your life?’ ‘Has your life brought joy to others?
Author: Morgan FreemanTopics: Ancient, Death, Determined, Egyptians, Life, Soul