Evelyn Underhill Quotes
The world of religion is no longer a concrete fact proposed for our acceptance and adoration. It is an unfathomable universe which engulfs us, and which lives its own majestic uncomprehended life: and we discover that our careful maps and cherished definitions bear little relation to its unmeasured reality.Evelyn Underhill
Quotes to Explore
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If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.
Dan Jenkins -
Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
Sally Ride -
There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
Kate Thompson -
My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
Padmasree Warrior -
If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
Yossi Vardi -
My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced. By the end, he had a growth so big under his eye that it hurt to look at him.
Rachel Joyce
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
Victor Hugo -
Le christianisme a beaucoup fait pour l’amour en en faisant un péché.
Anatole France -
Usually, whenever my mom would come over I would try and put on music that I thought she would like just to make her feel more at ease.
Britt Daniel -
I never really liked the idea of rap being a competitive thing. It's not.
Chance The Rapper -
I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.
Lynn Coady -
I would love to appear in 'The Defenders.' I don't know - because hopefully she'll maybe be on the bad side. I don't know - I don't know what they'd do with Elektra in 'The Defenders,' but that would be a good dynamic, I think - to be confronted by these four superheroes, and I think it would be interesting - I'd be curious to see what they do.
Elodie Yung
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I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.
Chris Lilley -
I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's very beautiful. But I'm a working parent, so I've always kept my own life.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics -
Oh, I paint all the time.
Billy Dee Williams -
I think it is true that when we're older, we realize the way that people act is... you know, everyone's kind of talking off the cuff, and everyone's, you know, spitballing sometimes.
Elif Batuman -
I had all these raw, gritty rock records that really inspired me sonically, and so I think everything I listen to when I started writing my own songs kind of came out naturally, and it created this new sound.
Aubrie Sellers -
I will try to write books until I drop dead.
Cornelia Funke
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People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions - warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They're first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That's much more important to them than whether or not you're competent.
Amy Cuddy -
In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers...
George Bernard Shaw -
Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison.
Salman Rushdie -
When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured.
Vance Havner -
The world of religion is no longer a concrete fact proposed for our acceptance and adoration. It is an unfathomable universe which engulfs us, and which lives its own majestic uncomprehended life: and we discover that our careful maps and cherished definitions bear little relation to its unmeasured reality.
Evelyn Underhill