Quotes by Greek Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. Edward Bond done greek drama What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being. Edward Bond able greek literature The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks Edward Bond theatre greek In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton persuasion greek sweet What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form. Edward Villella ballet dance greek I would rather be a member of this [Afrikan] race than a Greek in the time of Alexander, a Roman in the Augustan period, or Anglo-Saxon in the nineteenth century. Edward Wilmot Blyden century greek race Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy. Edward Gibbon greek giving philosophy The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.' Elizabeth Barrett Browning greek happiness death Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. Elizabeth Gilbert despair lines greek A scholar like myself who is not a Sinologist and yet ventures the proposition that Chinese languages should be rewritten in the Greek alphabet (or "Romanized", to use the current term) is treading on uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril. Eric A. Havelock chinese greek use Over the years, I have become convinced that Hellenism as a culture represents not a static condition of uniform sublimity mysteriously achieved and maintained as an effect of some racial advantage. Rather it should be understood as an evolving process, governed by a dynamic of change, as both language and thought underwent transformational alteration caused by a transition from orality to literacy. The instrument of change is discerned to be the invention of the Greek alphabet, at a quite late stage in the history of developing cultures. Eric A. Havelock uniforms greek years The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones. Epicurus greek inspirational history I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. Eric Bana greek wish school We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the Greek sense, only means that it has a happy ending. Eric Drooker tragedy greek mean Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama. Eric Johnston greek drama art The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. Ernie Isley bakers greek people The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it. Eric Hoffer fooled logic greek When the Greeks said, Whom the gods love die young, they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful. Eric Hoffer youth god-love greek If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully we parse our Hebrew and Greek sentences, no matter how precisely we use our dictionaries and trace our etymologies, no matter how exactly we define the words on the page, if we do not appreciate the way a metaphor works we will never comprehend the meaning of the text. Eugene H. Peterson appreciate greek use The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone. Evangelos Venizelos majority greek country «345678910111213»