Quotes by Expression The Master persistently warned against the attempt to encompass Reality in a concept or a name. A scholar in mysticism once asked, "When you speak of BEING, sir, is it eternal, transcendent being you speak of, or transient, contingent being?" The Master closed his eyes in thought. Then he opened them, put on his most disarming expression, and said, "Yes!" Anthony de Mello eyeexpressionreality Forgiveness is a powerful expression of the love within our soul. Anthony Douglas powerfulsoulexpression A biologist, if he wishes to know how many toes a cat has, does not "frame the hypothesis that the number of feline digital extremities is 4, or 5, or 6," he simply looks at a cat and counts. A social scientist prefers the more long-winded expression every time, because it gives an entirely spurious impression of scientificness to what he is doing. Anthony Standen catexpressionscience A happy marriage perhaps represents the ideal of human relationship -- a setting in which each partner, while acknowledging the need of the other, feels free to be what he or she by nature is: a relationship in which instinct as well as intellect can find expression; in which giving and taking are equal; in which each accepts the other, and I confronts Thou. Anthony Storr marriageexpressiongiving People understand God as the expression of the most lofty morality. Maybe He needs only perfect people. Anton Chekhov expressionperfectpeople Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased. Anton Chekhov silenceexpressionchildren Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas. Anton Webern expressionmenideas Our culture is now one of masculine triumphalism, in which transhistorically feminine expressions – empathy, sweetness, volubility, warmth – are seen as impediments to a woman’s professional trajectory in many sectors. Antonella Gambotto-Burke empathyexpressionculture There is something evocative about the idea of destruction. This act of destruction is the expression of an idea... that what we call reality is not real at all. When I draw a head, for example, I immediately feel an urge to destroy it, to erase it, because the drawing only captures an outward appearance, and for me the vital issue is what lies behind the visual form of the head. Antoni Tapies realexpressionlying It cannot be emphasized too strongly that art, as such, does not "pay," to use an American expression - at least, not in the beginning - and that the art that has to pay its own way is apt to become vitiated and cheap. Antonin Dvorak expressiondoeart When you experience the emotion of sadness, there will be changes in facial expression, and your body will be closed in, withdrawn. There are also changes in your heart, your guts: they slow down. And there are hormonal changes. Antonio Damasio sadnessexpressionheart Economy and ideology. The claim (presented as an essential postulate of historical materialism) that every fluctuation of politics and ideology can be presented and expounded as an immediate expression of the structure, must be contested in theory as primitive infantilism, and combated in practice with the authentic testimony of Marx, the author of concrete political and historical works. Antonio Gramsci politicalexpressionpractice Cooperation is in fact the living and productive pulsation of the multitudo. Cooperation is the articulation in which an infinite number of the singularities are composed as productive essence of the new. Cooperation is innovation, richness, and thus the basis of the creative surplus that defines the expression of the multitudo. Antonio Negri essenceexpressionnumbers In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries. Antonio Tabucchi expressionmeancountry And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. Apsley Cherry-Garrard expressiondesiregiving On the sly, scoping for love. Aretha Franklin slyexpression Self expression is the new entertainment, We never used to question why people sit on the couch for seven hours a day watching bad TV. Nobody ever asked, Why are they doing that for free? We need to celebrate [this desire to contribute for free] rather than question it. Arianna Huffington expressionselfpeople The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here. Aristophanes simpleexpressiongod The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low. Aristotle excellenceexpressionlows Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions. Aristotle expressionjoyhappiness«678910111213141516»
