Exultant In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

And she draws Boethius's imagination far up into the heavens so that he can look down on the Earth and see it as a tiny speck on which even tinier people play out their comical and ultimately insignificant ambitions. She gets him to admit that riches and fame bring anxiety and avarice, not peace and happiness. — Jonathan Haidt

16. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — Anonymous

A ray of wintery sunlight fell across the classroom, illuminating Lupin's gray hairs and the lines on his young face. — Anonymous

Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her. — Samuel Johnson

I'm not looking for peace on earth through a political solution. I'm a pastor. The Bible talks about three kinds of peace. There is peace with God. There's the peace of God. And there's peace with each other. — Rick Warren

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite. — Wyndham Lewis

There are ways of being abandoned even when your parents are right there. — Louise Erdrich

By 2050, seven out of ten people will live in cities, which will account for six billion people living in urban areas. That phenomenon is central to all the challenges humanity faces. If there is an issue to be addressed, then it is certainly happening in cities and therefore must be considered on an urban scale. — Eduardo Paes

Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws. — Charles Darwin

Most of the people buying the Soviet paraphernalia were Americans and West Europeans. All would be sickened by the thought of wearing a swastika. None objected, however, to wearing the hammer and sickle on a T-shirt or a hat. It was a minor observation, but sometimes, it is through just such minor observations that a cultural mood is best observed. For here, the lesson could not have been clearer: while the symbol of one mass murder fills us with horror, the symbol of another mass murder makes us laugh. — Anne Applebaum

She chose a very pale teal, halfway between blue and green, with a white silk fichu at the neck. — Anne Perry

We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess. — John Stott

I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I want. Not hanging out with many people really helps. I am not a people person and I spend a great deal of time on my own and in this environment, I get a lot done. — Henry Rollins

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it. — Taylor Swift