Quotes 321 till 340 of 453.
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
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The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.
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The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
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The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
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The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
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The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
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The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell.
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The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
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The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.
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The male singers who had the same range I did, when I was growing up, didn't do much for me. But put on Nina Simone, Carmen McRae or Nancy Wilson, and I'd be in seventh heaven. Female vocalists just did more with their voices, and that's why I paid more attention to them.
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The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a ''But''.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
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The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
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The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay, and can be reasonably sure that press and camera will report their exact dimensions.
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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
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