Quotes by Sublime Love is deceitful and sublime. In its truest form, it brings out the best in all beings. At its worse, It's a tool used to manipulate and ruin any one who is stupid enough to hold it. Don't be stupid. Sherrilyn Kenyon sublime stupid love-is Men are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it Soren Kierkegaard sublime men believe We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience from the sublime to the brutal, and stories reflect it. It's no less brutal now; each age has its horrors. Terri Windling sublime age dark The sublime is only a step removed from the ridiculous. Theodor Adorno ridiculous sublime steps A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities. Thomas Aquinas scrap triviality sublime God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing. Thomas Keating psychiatrist psychologist sublime If I were assigned poems I suppose I'd write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part ignored in the market sense of the word so the language to me is most intimate, most important, most sublime and most satisfying when it gets done. Thomas Lynch sublime important writing Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you. Thomas Jefferson sublime giving-up practice The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. Thomas Paine sublime steps class When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous. Thomas Paine ridiculous sublime borders Master your breath, let the self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you. Tirumalai Krishnamacharya sublime yoga self And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks Tom Robbins sublime tasks goes-on Word-work is sublime... because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other life. We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. Toni Morrison meaning-of-life sublime differences I feel sublime Then I lose ground Tripping on words That have no sound of love Traci Lords tripping sublime sound As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. Victor Hugo sublime views mean Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful. Victor Hugo sublime beautiful needs He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime. Victor Hugo paris sublime depth Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder. Victor Hugo sublime suicide doe Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred. Vincent Van Gogh sacred sublime art But you must love with a sublime , genuine , profound sympathy , with devotion, with intelligence , and you must try all the time to understand Him more, better and yet more. That will lead to God , that will lead to an unshakeable faith . Vincent Van Gogh sublime trying profound «4567891011121314»