T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“To see the glory in sport, where somebody comes from behind and does something, sinks a shot in the last second or throws a touchdown pass or hits a home run, there is a beauty in that, and at the end of the day, that's why we love sports more than anything else.”
“To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.”
Source: Insights of a Himalayan pilgrim
“To see the human condition in the old woman, in the child, in the model on the stand, in that particular human being, and to let the hand trace it, this act of adoration is called, 'drawing from life.”
“To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
And hear His pardoning voice
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.”
Source: The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham
“To see the light we must first acknowledge that we are in the dark.”
“To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness.”
“To see the miracle you must be the miracle.”
“To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy. We don't have children to fulfill our dreams. Children allow us to let go of the dreams we were never meant to fulfill. I have been bent and broken but I hope into better shape.”
“To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it”
Source: The Ask and the Answer
“To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it. ~Mistress Coyle”
“To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism”
“To see the outside world as the same stuff as our most secret or unknown thoughts is a fine necessity.”
“To see the plankton glow was like being able to touch the stars.”
Source: Lorac
“To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life”
Source: A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life
“To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.”
“To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee—”
Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson
“To see the sun shining on its bright grass, fresh, when we first visited it, with the autumnal dews, and hear the whispering of the wind among the leaves of the trees which have overgrown the tomb of Cestius, and the soil which is stirring in the sun-warm earth, and to mark the tombs, mostly of women and young people who were buried there, one might, if one were to die, desire the sleep they seem to sleep.”
Source: Percy Bysshe Shelley
“To see the Thing itself is essential: the quintessence revealed direct without the fog of impressionism... This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock. Significant presentation - not interpretation.”
Source: The daybooks of Edward Weston
“To see the truth, first watch the world carefully with your own eyes, but in order not to miss anything about the truth, look at the world with the eyes of others and then come to a conclusion what is the truth!”
“To see the truth, make a habit of looking at everything from a distance and above all, look at yourself from a distance too see the truth about yourself!”
“To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself.”
Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
“To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net [the matrix]. It is not hard to do so, as the net is full of holes. Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love and happiness, and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and you overeat. You want friendship and you exploit. See your net as made of such contradictions and remove them - your very seeing them will make them go away.”
“To see the universe as it truly is, is to see what we call chaos. That which we call order is merely our own apophenia at work.”
Source: Game Over?
“To see the universe clearly, you need not only a clear sky but also a clear mind!”
“To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.”
“To see the way that [my mother] held our family together after my dad passed away, and then went to college after my youngest sister went off to school on her own, and mom went and got a college degree in her 60s is just incredibly inspiring. So, I would just say my folks.”
“To see the world as it is, first we gotta take off our western glasses. Look at the human world with human eyes, only then you'll fathom justice and progress.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.”
“To see the world in a way that is different than the way everyone else sees it is pure genius. It is also insanity."
Mark Hewitt”
Source: Hunted: The Zodiac Murders
“To see the world is to judge the judges.”
“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.”
Source: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
“To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.”
Source: The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 5, 6, 7, and 8: The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood
“To see them succeed, to see them improve, that is what matters.”
“To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him.”
Source: The Personal Heresy: A Controversy
“To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!”
Source: The go-between
“To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.”
“To see things for what they are is to see with the eyes of the vastness itself.”
“To see things in black and white is to see the basics, and I would recommend to any designer of gardens that he go out and look at his work by the light of the moon.”
Source: Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden
“To see things in the seed, that is genius.”
“To see things plainly, you have to cross a frontier.”
“To see things simply is the hardest thing in the world.”
Source: Charles Webster Hawthorne
“To see this mysterious existence, to feel it in the deepest core of your heart, and immediately a prayer arises—a prayer that has no words to it, a prayer that is silence, a prayer that doesn’t say anything but feels tremendous, a prayer that arises out of you like fragrance, a prayer that is like music with no words, celestial music, or what Pythagoras used to call “the harmony of the stars,” the melody of the whole. When that music starts rising in you, that’s what the Secret of the Golden Flower is all about: suddenly a flower bursts open in you, a golden lotus. You have arrived, you have come home.”
Source: The Secret of Secrets
“To see this way fosters not only gratitude but compassion for the creatures we behold. The sustained gaze required to find the adequate word engages us in contemplation and reminds us of the worthiness of what is given to us to witness.”
Source: Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
“To see those babies with no food for three of four days, old people sitting in the hot sun, when you see these poor people, you cannot help but being compassionate or affected.”
“To see those two characters [Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld ] juxtaposed against each other shows an interesting dynamic of how gifted people might function differently in the world.”
“To see time and life correctly , you must begin to access life as seconds, as minutes and as hours.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“To see time and life correctly, you must realize that whenever you waste a second, you are wasting life.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.”
“To see truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual eyes. To hear truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual ears. To understand truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual mind. To embrace truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual heart. To live truth, you always have to open your soul.”
“To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.”
Source: Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)