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“The problem of Eternity, of which the face of the Sphinx speaks, takes us into the realm of the impossible. Even the problem of Time is simple in comparison with the problem of Eternity.”

Problem Faces Speak Simple Impossible Eternity Realms Comparison Sphinx

Author:P.D. Ouspensky

“READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang.”

Country Stories Body Reading Novel Our Country Short Story Indiana Dialect Slang Sphinx

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.”

World Sometimes Past Dies Fall Stars Black Shadow Tales Flash Egypt Black History Here And There Brightness Ethiopia Sphinx

Book:The Souls of Black Folk

Source: The Souls of Black Folk

“In our dreams (writes Coleridge) images represent the sensations we think they cause; we do not feel horror because we are threatened by a sphinx; we dream of a sphinx in order to explain the horror we feel.”

Thinking Feels Writing Dream Order Causes Horror Sensations Threatened Our Dreams Sphinx

Book:Dreamtigers

Source: Dreamtigers

“It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.”

Should Firsts Turns Answers Steps Class Importance Civilisation Riddle First Class Sphinx

Author:Gregory Bateson

“Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them.”

People Problem Psychology Solutions Ancient Crowds Fables Sphinx

Book:The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

Source: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind