Home / Quotes / Quote by Honore de Balzac

Quote by Honore de Balzac

“Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.”

Author

French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

“The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power, existing in singleness. It bestirs itself and assumes a determinate aspect by turning into Thinking (Nous, i.e. Mind), from which comes forth the Thought (Epinoia). As soon as thought is born out of the thinking silence, suddenly one has become two.”

Thinking Writing Mind Two Born Silence Aspect Roots Assuming Cosmos Tao Limitless Unfathomable Singleness

Author:Edward F Edinger

“SEX! Now that I have your attention... Please try to meditate at least 15 minutes, every day. You know it's good for you.”

Knows Trying Inspiration Sex Attention Practice Meditation Minutes Please

Author:Marcelo Goianira

“Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God, and even to go to war on God's behalf. This 'blasphemy of certainty' is also rife among secularists who in their case have not God but science or the proletariat on their side.”

Humans War Opportunity Names Speak Sides Human Beings Cases Atheist Certainty Convince Righteousness Behalf Blasphemy Proletariat

Book:God Is Not One

Source: God Is Not One

“[as for evolution]....cutting out the sections [on the subject] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to the spine of the book as it is opened and closed in normal use. When the sections needing correction are too thick, paste the pages together being careful not to smear portions of the book not intended for correction.”

Ifs Book Enough Use Together Causes Cutting Subjects Evolution Normal Pages Careful Damage Portions Thick Agnostic Sections Spine Corrections

Author:George R. R. Martin

“The parallels between making love and giving birth are clear, not only in terms of passion and love, but also because we need essentially the same conditions for both experiences: privacy and safety.”

Needs Giving Passion Term Clear Conditions Birth And Love Safety Privacy Making Love Parallels Childbirth Giving Birth Love And Passion Birthing Natural Childbirth

Author:Sarah J. Buckley

“Women's bodies have their own wisdom, and a system of birth refined over 100,000 generations is not so easily overpowered.”

Inspirational Body Generations Birth Refined Women's Bodies Midwife Birthing

Author:Sarah J. Buckley

“He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit.”

Feels I Can Courses Agree Staring Infatuation

Author:Sophie Jordan

“Whatever the tiny bubbles sitting beautifully on the surface of the absolutely delicious-looking skin around his forehead and neck were, they were doing a lot for his overall appearance...and for my heart rate.”

Heart My Heart Sitting Skins Rate Appearance Surface Tiny Crush Necks Bubbles Delicious Foreheads Heart Rate

Author:LIZ

“A nationwide Harris Poll showed that the public favoured the use of Laetrile by a 30% margin. ...In over 250 cases of cancer with which I have been associated, all of whom used (Laetrile, vitamin) B-17, not a single one had side effects as a result.”

Has Beens Use Age Used Sides Dark Results Cases Effects Cancer Medical Polls Margins Dark Ages Vitamins Side Effects

Author:Leon Chaitow

“Whatever controls us is our lord. The person who seeks power is controlled by power. The person who seeks acceptance is controlled by acceptance. We do not control ourselves. We are controlled by the lord of our lives.”

Persons Lord Our Lives Acceptance Controlled Our Lord Idolatry Control Ourselves

Author:Rebecca Pippert

Quote by Honore de Balzac

Author

You May Also Like