Earlier maps had underestimated the distances to other continents and exaggerated the outlines of individual nations. Now global dimensions could be set, with authority, by the celestial spheres. Indeed, King Louis XIV of France, confronted with a re...
Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing the glaciers and the harsh crags above them. This was the alpenglow, to me ...
Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest countr...
Involvement with the eight worldly dharmas keeps beings imprisoned in the realms of samsara and renders them susceptible to the hosts of emotions. The eight worldly dharmas are: praise and blame, gain and loss, fame and disgrace, happiness and suffer...
Alex: What are we gonna do? Talk about me sex life? Psychiatrist: Oh, no. I'm going to show you some slides and you're going to tell me what you think about them. Alright? Alex: Jolly good. Do you know anything about dreams? Psychiatrist: Something, ...
Young Elizabeth: I think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate. Norrington: Think again, Miss Swann. Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend to see that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he des...
He [Jesus] knew no sin. Do you realize this? There has never been one moment in your life— not one moment in your life that wasn’t tainted by sin. And yet, there never was a moment in His life that was tainted by sin! Someone asked me a long time...
Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice
My intellect was my greatest vanity.
The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.
Your greatest enemy is your own relection
The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
The Bible is the greatest book ever written.
My greatest wish; to walk humbly with God.
What you learn is your greatest treasure.
Love is the greatest power of all, and it can never be corrupted.
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.
Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.
The greatest anti-success in life is the fear to take a step.
