Quotes by Circles Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions. Theodor Herzl routinecirclesmen I do not believe in eternal progress, that we are growing on ever and ever in a straight line. It is too nonsensical to believe. There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle. The force sent out will complete the circle and return to its starting place. Swami Vivekananda progresscirclesbelieve Borderlines create the vicious circles they fear most. They become angry and drive the relationship to the breaking point, then switch to a posture of helplessness and contrition, beg for reconciliation. If both parties are equally enmeshed, chaos and conflict become the soul of the relationship. Theodore Millon point-breakcirclesparty Middle school was what programmed me to be semi-insecure, like, all of the time. I didn’t fit in….I’d stand on the outside of the circle but I was never really in. That’s when I started to realize there’s this thing called rejection. Taylor Swift insecurecirclesschool Every Christian is chosen-chosen for similar deeds, namely: to be with the Lord, through unceasing remembrance of Him and awareness of His omnipresence, through the preaching and fulfillment of His commandments, and through a readiness to confess one's faith in Him. In those circles where such a confession is made, it is a loud sermon for all to hear. Theophan the Recluse circleshumilitychristian As a constellation, theoretical thought circles the concept it would like to unseal, hoping that it may fly open like the lock of a well-guarded safe-deposit box: in response, not to a single key or a single number, but to a combination of numbers Theodor Adorno circleskeysnumbers Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own, I may more easily discuss them; for in mine own reason, and within myself, I can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and within the circle of another. Thomas Browne circlessorrowreal Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle must conclude and shut up all. Thomas Browne linescirclesbody I reckon that Stonehege was build by the contemporary equivalent of Microsoft, whereas Avebury was definitely an Apple circle. Terry Pratchett microsoftapplescircles There is no such thing as solitude, nor anything that can be said to be alone and by itself but God, who is His own circle, and can subsist by Himself. Thomas Browne circlessolitudesaid Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion. Thomas Aquinas circleslovemoving He moved on, in the centre of a widening circle. He wasn't an enemy, he was a nemesis. Terry Pratchett moved-oncirclesenemy The reality is in this head. Mine. I'm the projector at the planetarium, all the closed little universe visible in the circle of that stage is coming out of my mouth, eyes, and sometimes other orifices also. Thomas Pynchon circleseyereality In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds. Thor Heyerdahl millionairevagabondscircles Who runs in circles never gets far. Thornton Burgess running-in-circlescirclesrunning That which is now called natural philosophy, embracing the whole circle of science, of which astronomy occupies the chief place, is the study of the works of God, and of the power and wisdom of God in his works, and is the true theology. Thomas Paine circlesstudyphilosophy The welfare state shields people from the consequences of their own mistakes, allowing irresponsibility to continue and to flourish among ever wider circles of people. Thomas Sowell circlesmistakepeople Zen enriches no one. There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while in the place where it is thought to be. But they soon go elsewhere. When they are gone, the "nothing," the "no-body" that was there, suddenly appears. That is Zen. It was there all the time but the scavengers missed it, because it was not their kind of prey. Thomas Merton circlesmaybird What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds. Thomas Sowell phrasescirclesdoe Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire. Tim Buck alliescirclesgiving-up«5051525354555657585960»
