922 Quotes About Expression

  • Author Henry Brooks Adams
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    Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation

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  • Author Karen Armstrong
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    There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine.

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  • Author Marcus Aurelius
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    The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.

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  • Author Matthew Arnold
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    Philistinism! - We have not the expression in English. Perhaps we have not the word because we have so much of the thing.

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  • Author Mitch Albom
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    Consider the word “time.” We use so many phrases with it. Pass time. Waste time. Kill time. Lose time. In good time. About time. Take your time. Save time. A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time. There are as many expressions with “time” as there are minutes in a day. But once, there was no word for it at all. Because no one was counting. Then Dor began. And everything changed.

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  • Author Sri Aurobindo
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    The expression "from above" is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action - we call it intuition.

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  • Author Ted Allen
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    Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.

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