Petrarch Humanism Quotes & Sayings

Renaissance Humanism, which under Petrarch's formation and tutelage vindicated the importance of poetry and rhetoric as effectors of an intimate bond between reason and emotion, thought and action, intellect and will. Petrarchan Humanism became the historical force mobilizing thought and letters against the blind impulsiveness of an illusory popular culture and the elitism of the philosophical schools" (Trinkaus, 135). — Charles Edward Trinkaus

You should seek your enemy, you should wage your war - a war for your opinions. And when your opinion is defeatedy our honesty should still cry triumph over that! — Friedrich Nietzsche

For the boat in a lake to be able to appreciate the calm waters, it must know the giant waves of the oceans! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We passed hieroglyphic scrolls, gold jewelry, sarcophagi, statues of pharaohs, and huge chunks of limestone. Why would someone display a rock? Aren't there enough of those in the world? — Rick Riordan

Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself. — A.J. Hartley

You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide. — Peter McWilliams

I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck. — Rachel Sklar

There's imperfect food out there that just needs a mouth to bite into it. — Dana Cowin