The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation.
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
There is no difference in principle between organic and psychic growth. As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols.
One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.
Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses.
I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself.
Your smile is the twinkle of happiness. Your heart is the source of kindness. Your presence is the source of joyfulness. Your thoughts are symbols of greatness.
Today is the best day to be compassionate and kind. Extend your hand, open your heart with a sympathetic mind. Be the symbol of love, kindness, and compassion.
I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.
One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.
The belief that myths are somehow less true than the symbolic dream we call 'reality' may be the greatest myth of all.
An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.
The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise?
To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism.
I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.
A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.
In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better.
Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.
Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.
