Prescientific Culture Quotes & Sayings

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that the plant has no mind. I tell them that the plant is alive & conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. The channels through which the water & sap move are the veins of the spirit. — Pablo Amaringo

He had sometimes wondered if the real reason why men sought danger was that only thus could they find the companionship and solidarity which they unconsciously craved. — Arthur C. Clarke

When I was in New York it was like a maze, a rat maze, going from one little box to another little box and passing through passageways to get from one safe haven to another. — Bruce Conner

The truth is so precious," Churchill told Stalin, "that she should always be protected by a bodyguard of lies. — William Manchester

First do no harm. -Hippocrates
Second, do some good. -Anne M. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D. — Anne M. Lipton

You are what you're portrayed as. — Lily James

Well, dear heart,' said he, 'I wanted to tell you about it yesterday, and I have come to do so today. I've never experienced anything like it before. I am in love, my friend!' Suddenly Pierre heaved a deep sigh and dumped his heavy person down on the sofa beside Prince Andrei. 'With Natasha Rostova, yes?' said he. — Leo Tolstoy

Whaddya think, luv, Lair of the White Worm, Evil Dead II, or Night of the God King: The Return? — Julie Cochrane

When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me. — Linda Hunt

People imagined the Cockaigne ("Land of Plenty") menu as full of delectable meats such as hare, deer and wild boar . all which let themselves be caught. Grilled fish leaped out of rivers of wine onto your plate. Roast geese waddled down streets paved in pastry, just begging to be eaten. Flying pigs and buttered birds fell from the sky like rain, directly into people's mouths. People lived in edible houses made of pancake roofs and walls made of sausage. — Bob Eckstein

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community — Pope Francis

This sharp increase in the strength and reach of jihadist organizations in Syria and Iraq has generally been unacknowledged until recently by politicians and media in the West. A primary reason for this is that Western governments and their security forces narrowly define the jihadist threat as those forces directly controlled by al-Qaeda central or "core" al-Qaeda. This enables them to present a much more cheerful picture of their successes in the so-called "war on terror" than the situation on the ground warrants. — Patrick Cockburn

How do you invent a religion?" Evie asked.

Will looked over the top of his spectacles. "You say, 'God told me the following,' and then wait for people to sign up. — Libba Bray

A robust economy is a source of national strength for Japan. — Shinzo Abe