T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“That which was published in the Law, the prophets, and psalms before "God was manifested in flesh"
looks forward to Jesus the Christ; what was published after Christ's ascension looks back to Him as "the Lord God of Israel" who "hath visited and redeemed His people" (Luke 1:68).”
Source: Fulfilled Eschatology
“That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“That which we allow to exist, to flourish freely according to its own rhythms, is superior to anything our little hands create.”
Source: Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization
“That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.”
“That which we are meant to be, we are.”
Source: A Gathering of Dreams
“That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.”
“That which we are seeking is seeking us.”
Source: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself / Life Leverage / How to be F*cking Awesome / Mindset with Muscle
“That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.”
Source: The Over-Soul
“That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin.”
“That which we are, we are.”
“That which we call a snob by any other name would still be snobbish.”
Source: Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories
“That which we call civilization is merely the accumulated debris of a chilling number of bad nights.”
Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“That which we call death, is but the other side of life.”
“That which we call sin in others is experiment for us.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.”
Source: H. P. Lovecraft Complete Collection
“That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.”
Source: Karmayogin
“That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man.”
“That which we can't remember, we will repeat.”
“That which we cannot speak of is the one thing about whom and to whom we must never stop speaking.”
Source: How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of the Emerging Church
“That which we die for lives as wholly as that which we live for dies.”
Source: No Thanks
“That which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.”
“That which we do not bring to consciousness appears in our lives as fate.”
“That which we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.”
Source: The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“That which we do not confront in ourselves we will meet as fate.”
“That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.”
Source: The Locket
“That which we have lived is nothing; that which we live is a point; that which we have to live is not yet a point, but may be a point which, together, shall be and shall have been.”
Source: The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori): An Ethical Poem
“That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.”
“That which we look on with unselfish love
And true humility is surely ours,
Even as a lake looks at the stars above
And makes within itself a heaven of stars.”
“That which we manifest is before us.”
Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”
Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“That which we never question is the concept itself. But what is a concept? Is it necessary to put the idea of a concept itself, or the law, under the magnifying glass to better understand it because a concept is only a word or term it expresses? Even the concept itself, as an idea or term, can be a matter of discussion or scientific, philosophical, artistic, or religious discourse. Consequently, we may discover that something that slowed down the development of ideas and their formulations or understanding of laws is the impossibility of breaking up with concepts or paradigms that became a priori truths.”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.”
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.”
“That which we remember is, more often than not, that which we would like to have been; or that which we hope to be. Thus our memory and our identity are ever at odds; our history ever a tale told by inattentive idealists.”
Source: The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated
“That which we remember of our conduct is ignored by our closest neighbour; but that which we have forgotten having said, or even what we never said, will cause laughter even into the next world.”
“That which we say and do, if its effects last not beyond our lives, is unimportant.”
Source: Morals and Dogma
“That which we want less of in society should rarely be privatized and that which we want more of often should be.”
“That which we witness, we are forever changed by, and once witnessed we can never go back.”
“That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle and the distaffe.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“That which works is authentic. It's a practical truth. What really matters is that we find benefit, regardless of whether it's an ancient traditional approach or some new version, popular or obscure.”
“That which wrings the lonesome cry into delight, that which comes as a call of the wild winds, that which dulls every word and weds your soul to an ecstasy, 'astonishment' is its name......”
“That which yields is not always weak.”
Source: Kushiel's Avatar
“That which you are looking for may be calling you to seek.”
Source: The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred
“That which you believe becomes your world”
Source: What Dreams May Come: A Novel
“That which you bestow freely and willingly will bring you all the happy luck that a grateful universe knows how to return.”
“That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“That which you cannot express is Love.
That which you cannot reject/renounce is Beauty.
That which you cannot avoid is the Truth.”
“That which you condemn will condemn you, and that which you judge, you will one day become.”
Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.”
“That which you do not bring to consciousness comes to you as your Fate, that which you do bring to consciousness, whether it was what you thought you wanted or not, is your destiny.”