Quotes by Sublime The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires. Michelangelo sublimepowerheart No sublime wisdom asks to be worshipped or served; the greatest and the most honourable masters are those who refuse to have slaves! Mehmet Murat Ildan slavesublimemasters All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer. Napoleon Bonaparte sublimeprayerbible There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. Napoleon Bonaparte ridiculoussublimesteps Live your life in a sublime spirit of confidence and determination. Neville Goddard live-your-lifesublimedetermination When I was young, watching historical movies made me feel absolutely sublime. But the first few times I visited costume museums, I was really disappointed because it was not at the level I saw in movies. It was not the level of the image I'd imagined. Olivier Theyskens disappointedsublimehistorical Do not direct all your energies towards seeking pleasure but rather towards a sublime ideal. Your energies will then serve you and contribute to the realisation of your goal or ideal. Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov sublimeenergygoal Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds. Ouida sublimemusicgenius Nothing is so high and above all danger that is not below and in the power of God. Ovid sublimegoddanger There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic. Paolo Sorrentino shiftingromesublime The study of law is sublime, and its practice vulgar. Oscar Wilde sublimepracticelaw [Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history." Paul Kengor kneesvalleyssublime The transformation of nature, a total fusion of science, art and technology in a sublime statement of human dignity and intelligence through the settlements we build for ourselves. Paulo Mendes da Rocha sublimetechnologyart In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object “God.” Instead these become ways in which we engage with the world. Yet, as we affirm the world in love, we indirectly sense that in letting go of God we have, in fact, found ourselves at the very threshold of God. Peter Rollins sublimeletting-goworld When I step back from any moment of crisis that I've ever had, I'm always struck by how humor and tragedy can kind of live in the same moment, holding hands together. How life can go from the ridiculous to the sublime to the tragic all in one breath. Peter Vack holding-handssublimetragedy Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque? Pierre Schaeffer baroque-musicsublimecivilization Either the conscious intellect is impotent, or is not sufficiently strong, or is not the factor positively connected with altruistic phenomenon generally or their sublime form particularly. Pitirim Sorokin sublimestrongconscious The fashion world doesn't know the word stop, so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day. Raf Simons sublimefashionworld The last decisive energy of a rational courage which confides in the Supreme Power is very sublime. It makes a man who intrepidly dares every thing that can oppose or attack him within the sphere of mortality-who will press toward his object while death is impending over him-who would retain his purpose unshaken amidst the ruins of the world. Randolph Sinks Foster sublimeenergymen As we gradually learn to harness the optimal computing capacity of matter, our intelligence will spread through the universe at (or exceeding) the speed of light, eventually leading to a sublime, universe wide awakening. Ray Kurzweil sublimeawakeninglight«4567891011121314»
