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“Mathematics directs the flow of the universe, lurks behind its shapes and curves, holds the reins of everything from tiny atoms to the biggest stars.”

Universe Stars Behinds Shapes Flow Mathematics Tiny Atoms Curves Reins

Book:Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

Source: Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

“Right now I'm on my God flow, you know what I mean? I got Job 1:21 tattooed on my chest.”

Knows Mean Jobs Right Now Flow Chests Tattooed

Author:Ja Rule

“Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.”

Feels Doe Speak Perfect Flow Painful Genuine Hiding Our Relationship Veins Flattery Speaks Out Painful Truth

Author:Michael Bassey

“Religious teachings and teachers have conditioned us to think of faith as a magic catalyst that makes God work for us. In no way does faith make God work nor does it release some kind of miracle power. Faith simply tunes into and turns on the divine flow that has always been present”

Thinking Way Kind Doe Turns Religious Teacher Magic Teaching Divine Flow Miracle Release Tunes Catalyst Teachers And Teaching

Author:Eric Butterworth

“If there's anything Trollope novels always take seriously, it is money - how it flows from one character to another, how it is managed, who has it, who deserves it, and what it means to a character, male or female.”

Ifs Mean Character Novel Deserve Female Flow Males

Author:Jane Smiley

“In retrospect, the past seems not one existence with a continuous flow of years and events that follow each other in logical sequence, but a life periodically dividing into entirely separate compartments. Change of surroundings, interests, pursuits, has made it seem actually more like different incarnations.”

Years Made Different Seems Past Interest Existence Events Reflection Flow Pursuit Made It Logical Surroundings Sequence Incarnation Retrospect Dividing

Book:The Fabric of Memory

Source: The Fabric of Memory

“I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of the production. I had taken the job mostly because I had a cash flow problem, the only time in my career I've ever let finances enter into the decision process.”

Trying Problem Together Jobs Three Process Decision Careers Taken Pieces Week Amount Flow Productions Finance Cash Only Time Inadequate Preps Cash Flow

Author:Joe Johnston

“To try to save for everyone, for the hostile and independent as well as the committed, some of the health that flows down across the green ridges from the skyline, and some of the beauty and spirit that are still available to any resident of the valley who has a moment and the wit to lift up his eyes unto the hills.”

Trying Wells Stills Moments Eye Spirit Flow Independent Green Committed Available Wit Hills Lifts His Eyes Valleys Hostile Residents Ridges Skylines

Author:Wallace Stegner

“The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but it also comes from the mind and the heart of the artist. The photograph is his vision of the world and expresses, however subtly, his values and convictions.”

World Mind Heart Artist Values Decision Vision Flow Photograph Conviction Controlled Clicks Shutters

Author:Paul Strand

“Remember...we don't see objects, we see light. [...] Light can do anything water can do--flow, wash, trickle. It can do anything an artist can do--paint, burnish, carve. Candlelight falls, licks a face. There is always light in a room.”

Light Remember Faces Artist Fall Water Can Do Rooms Objects Flow Paint Candlelight

Author:Janet Fitch

“Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee of equality is not simply a contemplative exercise in defining the shape of a just society. It is an order”

Way Order Justice Decision Exercise Shapes Consequence Flow Direct Guarantees Interpretation Defining Crow Judicial Contemplative Jim Crow Incompatibility

Author:William J. Brennan

“In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things.”

Years Hands Five Changed Office Training Flow Five Years Get Back Astronaut Things Have Changed

Author:Linda M. Godwin

“I trust the flow of life.”

Author:Marketa Irglova

“As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.”

Ifs Feels Long Happens Sound Worry Focus Wonderful Expectations Flow Work Out Things Happen Wonderful Things Obstruction Expect Nothing

Author:Marketa Irglova

“In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.”

Ifs Trying Beautiful Force Steps Broken Keys Shots Flow Performances Piano Hitting Really Beautiful Archery Not Pretty

Author:Miranda Leek

“The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.”

People Economy Flow Institutions Civics

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“Love is the key. If we start to express the spring of love within that is our true essence, our Truth, our spark of Divinity... and allow it to flow more... then all is revealed. Love becomes our guide in life, our connection with All, and our path back to Source.”

Ifs Spirituality Love Is Path Source Keys Spring Flow Connections Essence Guides Divinity Sparks Spiritual Awareness

Author:Peter Shepherd

“By now, a million pedal strokes have etched the muscles in my legs with a single purpose: to power the crank and move the bicycle forward. Food flows into my body, bringing it power and strength. It is no longer a question of struggle. Now the journey evolves into the spiritual realm-where the pedaling becomes instinctive. It's a free-flow of energy that comes through my body and willingly expresses itself in the flight of the pedals.”

Body Spiritual Moving Purpose Energy Millions Struggle Journey Travel Flow Legs Flight Evolve Realms Muscles Strokes Bicycle Crank Pedals Power And Strength

Author:Frosty Wooldridge

“There is a beauty bestowed in some degree on all God's saints who pray much which is of the same nature and is the most precious of all answers to prayer. Character flows from the well-spring of prayer.”

Wells Character Prayer Answers Praying Degrees Spring Flow Saint Answers To Prayer

Author:James Stalker

“To me, wholeness is the key to aliveness. It is more than just physical vitality, it is radiance, coming from being at one with yourself and your experience. Life then flows through you.”

Wisdom Keys Flow Wholeness Vitality Radiance

Author:Richard Moss

“Love does not call us to the dance only to deny us chances . There is consistency in this journey. As in the beginning, so shall it be in the middle and the end. Love does not tempt us to leave what we know, only to leave us without direction, resources, synergy and flow.”

Knows Love Doe Ends Chance Journey Middle Resources Flow Deny Consistency Synergy

Book:This Time I Dance!: Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love

Source: This Time I Dance!: Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love

“Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals. It was put here by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us”

“If the 'self-life' is supreme, Satan does not have to be invited in. The lines are already set for the 'electric' current to flow. Satan is master of ceremonies, though he be apparently non-existent.”

Ifs Doe Self Life Is Lines Masters Flow Currents Supreme Temptation Satan Electric Invited Ceremony Electric Current Master Ceremony

Author:F. Huegel

“The City's going to be very very beautiful! Its going to be like a beautiful beautiful park in some places, and there in the lower level where the river flows right through the City there's going to be these beautiful trees growing on both sides, fruit trees with 12 different kinds of fruit, a different kind every month, think of that!-And leaves that'll be able to heal the people outside the City that are still sin-sick, and sick of their disobediences and their rebellion against God. We're going to be able to take those leaves outside and heal them!”

“Sight is not absolutely essential in this process, but we use sight because it is the dominant sense. It's easiest to interrupt the flow of thought in sense perception and move the mind beyond sense perception with sight.”

Mind Use Moving Process Essentials Perception Flow Sight Concentration Dominant Sense Perception

Author:Frederick Lenz

“An advanced way to meditate, of course, is to focus on your teacher. If you have a spiritual teacher and you focus on them during mediation, then you access the light that flows through them.”

Ifs Way Light Spiritual Courses Focus Teacher Flow Access Visualization Mediation Spiritual Teachers

Author:Frederick Lenz

“To stop thought it's necessary to put your life into a state of balance. Otherwise you can sit and meditate for hours and all kinds of conscious and unconscious thoughts will flow through you.”

Kind States Hours Balance Conscious Flow All Kinds Unconscious Conscious And Unconscious Unconscious Thoughts

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you find yourself dwelling on something negative, consciously use your willpower to remove your mind from that which is negative. Move your mind into the flow of something positive.”

Mind Use Moving Buddhism Mindfulness Negative Flow Remove Finding Yourself Willpower Dwelling

Author:Frederick Lenz

“What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.”

Perfect Attention Buddhism Mindfulness Flow Harmony Dharma

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are future lives. It is not necessary to cram everything into this lifetime. You can enjoy this lifetime, go with the flow, and know it will lead you to a better life in your next incarnation.”

Knows Next Enjoy Flow Lifetime Reincarnation Better Life Incarnation Future Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The state between birth and death is not sympathetic. It is a flow system. Whatever your conscious level is, that is how you will reincarnate.”

States Levels Birth Conscious Flow Rebirth Sympathetic Birth And Death

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Where I'm from is like 'Hustle Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.”

Class Boys Flow Boxes Miles Working Class Versus Hustle Dope Chevy 8 Mile

Author:Yelawolf

“How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne and flows by the path of obedience.”

Choices Path Feet Flow Rivers Invisible Obedience Thrones

Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

“God is, as it were, the sewer into which all contradictions flow.”

God Atheism Flow Positive Atheism Contradiction Sewers

Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific.”

Men Soul Flow Longing Holes

Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.”

Men Humans Doe Humanity Water Human Nature Goodness Lows Flow

Author:Mencius

“Father of rosy day, No more thy clouds of incense rise; But waking flow'rs, At morning hours, Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies.”

Giving Father Hours Morning Sun Sky Sweet Flow Clouds Thee Waking Incense Rosy

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)

“Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my mind that it's been a huge plus.”

Thinking World Mind Doubt Information Huge Happenings Flow China Access No Doubt Plus Censorship Preventing Outside World Information Flow

Author:Bill Gates

“For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.”

Ifs Men Mind Light Heaven Wise Wind Reflection Flow Blow East Folly

Author:Edmund Spenser

“See yonder rock from which the fountain gushes; is it less compact of adamant, though waters flow from it? Firm hearts have moister eyes.”

Heart Eye Water Rocks Tears Flow Firm Fountain Compact Adamant

Book:The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Etc

Source: The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Etc

“Unless we possess high spiritual qualifications, there is no doubt that the events life throws upon us will give rise to frustration, emotional turmoil, and other distorted states of consciousness. These imperfect states of mind in turn give rise to imperfect activities, and the seeds of suffering are ever planted in a steady flow.”

Source: The Path to Enlightenment

“Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.”

Song Sweet Flow Rivers Praise Green Thee

Author:Robert Burns

“But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.”

Ifs Way Should May Shows Water Conversation Summer Flow Mere Raised Theme Mechanic

Author:William Cowper

“When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow?”

Tears Willing Flow Distress Weeping

Book:The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham

Source: The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham

“The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.”

World Ends Whole Earth Nations Sea Mankind Wind Glory Flow Regions Divides New World Tides Swelling Thames

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)

“And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.”

Play Dies Sound Water Flow Wave Smooth Zephyr

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane Shore

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane Shore

“True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided by an intelligence far greater than the human mind.”

“Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop your bucket where you are; And while the ship right onward leaps, Uplift it from the exhaustless deeps. Parch not your life with dry despair; The stream of hope flow everywhere-- So under every sky and star, Just drop your bucket where you are.”

Opportunity Stars Sky Despair Flow Ships Uplifting Streams Dry Leap Where You Are Buckets Afar

Author:Sam Walter Foss

“Borders are semiporous. Capital flows more freely than people across them. on C Span.”

People Capitalism Flow Borders

Author:Noam Chomsky

“This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the self-loving that flows as a natural by-product of that support.”

Giving Self Joy Natural Wealth Support Products Flow Prosperity Riches True Wealth Self Loving

Book:Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts

Source: Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts