“As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude of things cannot disturb his quietude. When water is still, one's beard and eyelashes are reflected in it. A skilled carpenter uses it in a level to obtain a measurement. If still water is so clear, how much more are the mental faculties! The mind of the sage is the mirror of heaven and earth in which all things are reflected.” IfsMindSaidStillsUseEarthHeavenWaterLevelsVirtueClearQuietAll ThingsMirrorsRegardBe GoodFacultyMultitudesSageBeardMeasurementHeaven And EarthQuietnessCarpenterEyelashesStill Waters Author:Zhuangzi
“The movement of comets is part of the ordinary works of nature which, without regard to the happiness or misery of mankind, are transported from one part of the heavens to another by virtue of the general laws of motion.” LawHeavenVirtueAtheismMankindMovementOrdinaryRegardMiseryPositive AtheismCometsLaws Of Motion Author:Pierre Bayle
“The Christian religion, outwardly and even in intention humble, does, without meaning it, teach man to regard himself as the most important of all created things. Man surveys the starry heavens and hears with his ears of the plurality of worlds; yet his religion bids him believe that his alone out of these innumerable spheres is the object of his master's love and sacrifice.” MenWorldBelieveDoeImportantChristianReligionHeavenTeachSacrificeObjectsMastersEarsRegardIntentionHumbleSpheresSurveysLove And Sacrifice Book:Views and Opinions Source: Views and Opinions
“Never, never, before Heaven, have I thought of you but as the single, bright, pure, blessed recollection of my boyhood and my youth. Never have I from the first, and never shall I to the last, regard your part in my life, but as something sacred, never to be lightly thought of, never to be esteemed enough, never, until death, to be forgotten.” LoveFirstsEnoughLastsHeavenYouthPureRegardBlessedSacredForgottenRecollectionBoyhoodThoughts Of You Book:The Works of Charles Dickens Source: The Works of Charles Dickens
“... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.” PeopleHeavenRegardDestined Author:M. E. W. Sherwood