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“Science proceeds by successive answers to questions more and more subtle, coming nearer and nearer to the very essence of phenomena.”

Answers Essence Subtle

Author:Louis Pasteur

“Sex is of the same clay as Time! -- of the same clay Since both are in their essence but One-Way Time is the one-way dimension: sex its tart And subtle biological counterpart.”

Way Sex Essence One Way Dimensions Subtle Clay Counterparts Tarts

Book:Wyndham Lewis: collected poems and plays

Source: Wyndham Lewis: collected poems and plays

“Credit is a matter so subtle in its essence, that, as it may be obtained almost without reason, so, without reason, may it be made to melt away.”

May Made Matter Reason Essence Credit Subtle

Book:Dr. Wortle's School: Trollope's Works

Source: Dr. Wortle's School: Trollope's Works

“love is so very subtle an essence, such an indefinable metaphysical marvel, that its due force, though very cruelly felt by the sufferer himself, is never clearly understood by those who look on at its torments and wonder why he takes the common fever so badly.”

Looks Force Felt Love Is Common Wonder Understood Essence Dues Subtle Metaphysical Torment Fever Sufferers Indefinable

Book:Lady Audley's Secret

Source: Lady Audley's Secret

“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.”

“I suppose that Italy must always lie like some lovely sunken island at the bottom of all passionate dreams, from which at the flood it may arise; the air of it is charged with subtle essences of romance. One supposes Italy must be organized for the need of lovers.”

Needs May Dream Romance Lying Air Lovers Essence Bottom Passionate Lovely Arise Islands Organized Subtle Flood

Book:A Woman of Genius

Source: A Woman of Genius

“The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes.”

Lying Found Discovery Essence Satisfaction Endless Familiar Boredom Theme Subtle Repetition Novelty Variation Richness Obsessive

Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

“No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream--alone.”

Life Dream Given Existence Impossible Essence Subtle Sensations Epoch Heart Of Darkness

Author:Joseph Conrad

“It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream - making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams.”

Trying Dream Seems Given Existence Struggle Impossible Essence Relation Surprise Notion Incredibles Vain Subtle Sensations Absurdity Captured Revolt Epoch Bewilderment Heart Of Darkness

Author:Joseph Conrad

“Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad.”

Hope Heaven Struggle Sky All Things Essence Mortals Subtle Good And Bad

Book:A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens

Source: A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens

“Devotion is the essence of the path, and if we have in mind nothing but the guru and feel nothing but fervent devotion, whatever occurs is perceived as his blessing. If we simply practice with this constantly present devotion, this is prayer itself. When all thoughts are imbued with devotion to the guru, there is a natural confidence that this will take care of whatever may happen. All forms are the guru, all sounds are prayer, and all gross and subtle thoughts arise as devotion. Everything is spontaneously liberated in the absolute nature, like knots untied in the sky.”

Ifs Feels Mind May Happens Care Form Sound Natural Prayer Practice Path Sky Blessing Essence Absolutes Take Care Arise Devotion Subtle Gross Guru Liberated Knots Fervent

Author:Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

“Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.”

Masters Essence Excellence Profound Depth Ancient Subtle Taoism

Author:Laozi

“Look, and it can't be seen. Listen, and it can't be heard. Reach, and it can't be grasped. Above, it isn't bright. Below, it isn't dark. Seamless, unnamable, it returns to the realm of nothing. Form that includes all forms, image without an image, subtle, beyond all conception. Approach it and there is no beginning; follow it and there is no end. You can't know it, but you can be it, at ease in your own life. Just realize where you come from: this is the essence of wisdom.”

Knows Life Looks Ends Form Realizing Dark Heard Return Approach Essence Ease Realms Subtle Conception Tao Where You Come Seamless

Author:Laozi

“On the one hand, we are faced with the stewardship of this beautiful, subtle, incredibly delicate, fragile planet. On the other, we confront the destiny of our fellow man, our brothers. How can we say that we are followers of Christ if this dual responsibility does not seem to us the essence and heart of our religion?”