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The pursuit of knowledge is an intoxicant, a lure that scientists and explorers have known from ancient times; indeed, exhilaration in the pursuit of knowledge is part of what has kept our species so adaptive  (Ancient Quotes) The golden light of metaphor, which is the intelligence of poetry, was implicit in alchemical study. To change, magically, one substance into another, more valuable one is the ancient function of metaphor, as it was of alchemy  (Ancient Quotes) Everything wonderful in appearance has been ascribed to angels, to devils, or to saints. Everything ancient has some legendary tale annexed to it. The common operations of nature have not escaped their practice of corrupting everything  (Ancient Quotes) When people come together around music, there’s something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that’s part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday  (Ancient Quotes) Anybody who has anything abusive to say of women, whether ancient or modern, can command a vast public in the popular press and a ready agreement from the average publisher  (Ancient Quotes) The ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories  (Ancient Quotes) Art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her ancient earth, and her men built all on the same pattern, and all animated by the same feelings  (Ancient Quotes) In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible  (Ancient Quotes) I’ve got a lot of shows under my belt that are ancient history solely because they were on the air before this video revolution came along and ensured that canceled shows could continue to have a bit of a presence  (Ancient Quotes) There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from  (Ancient Quotes) Augustus was sensible that mankind is governed by names; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the senate and people would submit to slavery, provided they were respectfully assured that they still enjoyed their ancient freedom  (Ancient Quotes) Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved for specialists  (Ancient Quotes) Touch is... one of the most ancient transactions, a defiance of the plasma membrane and the loneliness it brought  (Ancient Quotes) Ayurvedic medicine is ancient, and its resurgence is necessary because we do need the proper balance in our medical approach  (Ancient Quotes) On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher  (Ancient Quotes) It’s a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!  (Ancient Quotes) Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say. Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of day; The second best’s a gay goodnight and quickly turn away  (Ancient Quotes) The nurturing flow of life, extreme intelligence, beauty, and perfect harmony are active in every one of us. Yoga was developed in ancient wisdom culture to gently reveal what we already have. Read this book  (Ancient Quotes) What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!  (Ancient Quotes) If all the ancient sacred writings had been preserved, some would be found to be heretical  (Ancient Quotes) The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance willing to reject unflinchingly the worst of both as well  (Ancient Quotes) In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat  (Ancient Quotes) When I was young, beautiful ancient statues were castrated, so that the eye might not be corrupted... Nothing was gained, unless horses and asses had also been castrated  (Ancient Quotes) Esoteric philosophy teaches that the physical form, the body, of the individual is made new at birth; but the soul is ancient, the stuff of stars  (Ancient Quotes) It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo  (Ancient Quotes) They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom  (Ancient Quotes) The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits  (Ancient Quotes) It’s an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes  (Ancient Quotes) The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions  (Ancient Quotes) An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand  (Ancient Quotes)
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