316 Ancient Quotes for You to Enjoy

I shave every day with an ancient manual razor. It was my father's, and I love it. Brunello Cucinelli

Love Day Every Day Father Every Ancient Razor Shave Manual

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Carol P. Christ

Me First Goddess Ancient Did Interest Images

Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential. Caroline Paul

Fire Ancient Vital Something Both Us Each

In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it. Charles Lyell

Water Sometimes Down Worn Projecting Slightly Ancient Above More Shallow Bottom Observed Feet Parts Piles Surface Than Wooden Where Lakes Depth Mud Many Swiss

In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized. Chiang Kai-shek

Life Protection Organization Personal Life Community Strictly Local Defined Ancient Mutual Strongly More Both Individual Developed Self-Control Emphasized Highly Clearly Self-Government Were Personal China Custom Regulations Even Applied Assistance Widespread

My education, according to the tradition of the Jesuit school which I attended, had been centered on the 'ancient humanities', and I was strongly attracted to the more literary branches. Christian de Duve

Education School Humanities Ancient Strongly More Had Attended Attracted Tradition Been According Branches Literary Centered Which

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are. Christopher Alexander

Beautiful Great You Yourself Will Trees Our Way Alive Ancient Possible See Following Faces Except Lead Feel Towns Beautiful Places Hills Looks Make Buildings Where Anyone Form Which Places Themselves Who

My grandpa was a geologist, and I always had this fascination with not only earth sciences but ancient history. Cole Sprouse

History Earth Ancient Only Had Sciences Always Geologist Grandpa Fascination

As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then as a grad student at Harvard, I was awarded a pre-doctoral traveling fellowship to India, where my focus was on the ancient systems of psychology and meditation practices of Asia. Daniel Goleman

Class Anxiety Focus College Trouble Meditation Took Harvard Ancient Systems Adjusting India Having Student Fellowship Practices Freshman Lot Handle Grad Where Psychology Asia Then Really Helped Awarded Traveling

There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we can see that in the brain. When people are lying perfectly still but listening to music, the neurons in the motor cortex are firing. Daniel Levitin

I don't remember much about the specifics of the economics courses that I majored in - I apparently internalized the key concepts - but I still remember vividly the thrill of reading 'Don Quixote,' Epictetus, 'The Aeneid,' 'King Lear' and 'Candide,' and how contemporary the stories and ideas in these old and ancient texts struck me. Daniel S. Loeb

Me Key Remember Old King Economics Reading Ancient King Lear Vividly About Struck Thrill Ideas Contemporary Concepts Lear Courses How Still Texts Don Quixote Quixote Stories Much Apparently

Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics. Daphne Guinness

The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential. David A. Bednar

Men Ancient Part Were Common Apostles

Nobody strikes a medal for the Royal Military Canal campaign any more, but a pint in the back bar of the ancient Mermaid Inn, perched in front of one of the biggest and oldest inglenooks you're ever likely to see, is its own reward. David Hewson

You Reward Own Military Back Strikes Ancient See More Perched Nobody Mermaid Likely Campaign Pint Canal Any Front Biggest Bar Medal Ever Oldest Inn Royal

I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment. David Mitchell

Entertainment Think Ancient Most Human Form Story

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