“For although there is not a single aspect of European growth in which the decisive influence of Islamic culture is not traceable, nowhere is it so clear and momentous as in the genesis of that power which constitutes the permanent distinctive force of the modern world, and the supreme source of its victory, natural science and the scientific spirit.” WorldSpiritCultureForceGrowthNaturalClearInfluenceModernSourceVictoryAspectSupremePermanentIslamicModern WorldGenesisDistinctiveNatural ScienceIslamic Culture Author:Robert Briffault
“India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. And that which must seek now to awake is not an anglicised oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorable Shakti recovering her deepest self, lifting her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and a vaster form of her Dharma.” PeopleHumansStillsSelfLightAgeLastsFormCreativeSourceHigherIndiaWestAncientSupremeAwakeRepeatsCyclesDoomedLiftingDharmaSuccess And FailurePupilsRecoveringDocileShakti Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Love, the one supreme, unceasing source of human felicity, the one sole joy which lifts the whole mortal existence into the empyrean, was by it [Christianity] degraded into the mere mechanical action of reproduction.” HumansWholeActionJoyReligionExistenceChristianitySourceMereSupremeMortalsLiftsSoleReproductionFelicity Book:Views and Opinions Source: Views and Opinions
“Religion is not simply a theory, it is a higher life, of which morality is an integral part - a life devoted to the worship of the good and the true, for God, the absolute, is the supreme source of all perfection" ("La religion n'et pas une smple théorie, elle est une vie supérieure, dont la moralité fait partie intégrante - une vie vouée au culte du bien et du vrai, car Dieu, l'absolu est la source de toute perfection", Fr.)” CarTheorySourceHigherMoralityWorshipPerfectionAbsolutesSupremeDevoted Author:African Spir
“As the web issues out of the spider, As plants sprout from the earth, As hair grows from the body, even so, The sages say, this universe springs from, The deathless Self (the Supreme Soul), the source of life.” SoulSelfGodBodyEarthUniverseGrowsIssuesSourceHairSpringPlantSupremeSageSpidersSproutsSource Of LifeDeathless Author:Eknath Easwaran
“The eye cannot see it; the mind cannot grasp it. The deathless Self (the Supreme Soul or God) has neither caste nor race, Neither eyes, nor ears, nor hands, nor feet, Sages, this Self is infinite, present in the great and in the small, Everlasting and changeless, the source of life.” MindSoulSelfGodHandsEyeRaceFeetSourceEarsInfiniteSupremeSageEverlastingCastesSource Of LifeDeathless Author:Eknath Easwaran
“I believe that God is like a powerhouse, like where you keep electricity, like a power station. And that he's a supreme power, and that he's neither good not bad, left, right, black or white. He just is. And we tap that source of power and make of it what we will. Just as electricity can kill people in a chair, or you can light a room with it. I think God is.” PeopleThinkingBelieveLightLeftI BelieveBlackWhiteRoomsSourceSupremeChairsStationsElectricityBlack Or WhiteSupreme Power Author:John Lennon
“The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.” MenDoeStatesNationsChurchSourceConscienceSeparationSupremeChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSupreme BeingSource Of Strength Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The primary source of waste in government is that legislators are often under heavy pressure to vote for projects that will benefit their campaign contributors, even when those projects fail a simple cost-benefit test. But with the Supreme Court showing little interest in permitting tighter rules on campaign contributions in recent years, there is little reason to be optimistic that we'll start curbing this kind of waste any time soon.” YearsKindLittlesReasonGovernmentInterestSimpleFailingSourceCostWasteBenefitsProjectsTestsVotePressureCourtHeavyCampaignsSupremeOptimisticPrimariesContributionSupreme CourtLegislatorsBeing OptimisticContributorsPrimary SourceCampaign Contributions Author:Robert H. Frank
“When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.” SoulLove IsSourceLoversPureEssenceAffectionSupremeConquerBelovedManifestation Author:Radhanath Swami