Physis Quotes & Sayings

She would die, Claire realized, before she would give up the love she felt for her son. — Lois Lowry

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. — John F. Kennedy

Evolution, life, physis, appear here as enveloping with regard to 'consciousness' of human knowledge. — Maurice Merleau Ponty

My husband is very proud of me and what I do. Which I think is really sweet. — Nicola Cornick

unified self. Misleadingly identifying the Demiurge with the Anthropos, Jung says: The primordial image of the quaternity coalesces, for the Gnostics, with the figure of the demiurge or Anthropos. He is, as it were, the victim of his own creative act, for, when he descended into Physis, he was caught in her embrace. The image of the anima mundi or Original Man latent in the dark of matter expresses the presence of a transconscious centre which, because of its quaternary character and its roundness, must be regarded as a symbol of wholeness.76 — C. G. Jung

It's increasingly difficult for a man to do the right thing and make the choice for life because of our prevailing opinions and attitudes. In such a climate a man's heart may
become rocky soil where the truth can hardly take root - many men aren't even sure if abortion is a decision that's ever theirs to make. — Kim Ketola

Feedback doesn't tell you about yourself. It tells you about the person giving the feedback. In other words, if someone says your work is gorgeous, that just tells you about *their* taste. If you put out a new product and it doesn't sell at all, that tells you something about what your audience does and doesn't want. When we look at praise and criticism as information about the people giving it, we tend to get really curious about the feedback, rather than dejected or defensive. — Tara Mohr

In replacing religion as the final source of knowledge in popular estimation, science begins to look a bit like another religion itself. — Dalai Lama XIV

Besides, woods made sense. Woods were home. — Frances Hardinge