Mircea Eliade Quotes
To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation was culture, not sainthood.
Mircea Eliade
Quotes to Explore
Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
Salman Rushdie
The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
Randall Terry
I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
Eduard Shevardnadze
All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
F. Sionil Jose
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
Nathan Fillion
Even if we don't believe in church or God, we still believe in things that are bigger than ourselves. We need to believe in those things because if we can't be open to what we don't know, there's no hope for any of us.
Rachel Joyce
There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
Olivia De Havilland
My inspiration is love and history.
Waris Ahluwalia
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Abraham Lincoln
In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
J. William Fulbright
I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.
Sal Albanese
Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
Kate Forsyth
I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.
Questlove
There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do.
Neil Gaiman
It was the height of the Depression, and suddenly I am earning pots of money.
Ann Rutherford
I really liked insects - all kinds: flies, grasshoppers, weevils.
Ben Silbermann
I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.
Carol Burnett
To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation was culture, not sainthood.
Mircea Eliade
