Quotes of: Rather Keyword

I do not want to convince Christians to work for the abolition of war, but rather I want us to live recognizing that in the cross of Christ, war has been abolished.

Stanley Hauerwas

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.

Peter Hammill

I believe I’m very normal. I’m hyper-normal. I’m more normal than anyone else I know. I think my thoughts, my indulgences, my desires, my pleasures may at first appear different, but that is only because they are more normal, not because they a...

Information Anxiety 2

[I]n science we have to be particularly cautious about 'why' questions. When we ask, 'Why?' we usually mean 'How?' If we can answer the latter, that generally suffices for our purposes. For example, we might ask: 'Why is the Earth 93 million miles fr...

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust...

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you...

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

SIR DANIEL was a large man, broad of shoulder...his eyes were rather small above the double pouches and the look they fixed on Dalgliesh gave nothing away. Looking at his bland, unrevealing face sparked off for Dalgliesh a childhood memory. A multi-m...

Life

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the determination to control and overcome it.

Children of the Apocalypse, Second Edition: Volume One: West Port

The cat wrinkled its nose and managed to look unimpressed. "Calling cats," it confided, "tends to be a rather overrated activity. Might as well call a whirlwind.

Coraline

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

Collected Works

Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.” ~ A thought by Lessa ~

Dragonflight

Real Dominance isn't always measured in muscle. Nor is it always measured in Intelligence. But rather it is measured... In heart.

Dom Wars: Round Six

No matter what your origin or beliefs, rather adolescent or full grown. Thoughts are scribed in pencil but actions are carved in stone

Darkness Left Undone

It seems to me that my lack of faith is not, as I once thought, a triumph of the rational mind, but rather a failure of the imagination - an inability to tolerate mistery.

Everything You Know

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.

Electra

Luck which so often defies anticipation in matrimonial affairs, giving attraction to what is moderate rather than to what is superior.

Emma

I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.

Essays in Satanism

—very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions—? Rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions

Frammenti postumi 1887-1888

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

Faith and Doubt

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

The Fairy Godmother

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

The Four Loves