Quotes about Things

We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create our Declaration. Our Declaration created them. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we cling to that, all our material prosperity, overwhelming though it may appear, will turn to a barren scepter in our grasp.

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

The philosopher says that God's knowledge is the measure of things, and that things are the measure of man's knowledge.

Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.

It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first set in motion those fair things

True worth is doing each day some little good not dreaming of great things to do by and by.

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.