![They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations, however, God gets hardly a mention.](/assets/img/quote-photos/they-scientists-of-centuries-past-call-on-god-only-from-the-lonely-and-precario.jpg)
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lonely loneliness cozy
There is nothing more lonely than eternity. And nothing is more cozy for us than to be a human being. This indeed is another contradiction-how can we keep the bonds of our humanness and still venture gladly and purposefully into the absolute loneliness of eternity? Carlos Castaneda
lonely dad nice
I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy in my own company. It's the same now. I need time alone, which is maybe why I love to write. Having said that, I love the sociability of telly. It's a nice contrast. Alan Titchmarsh
lonely feelings isolation
I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much. Charlotte Bronte
lonely travel loneliness
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. Charlie Chaplin
lonely night sea
It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning. Charles Dickens
lonely distance dark
There was no wind; there was no passing shadow on the deep shade of the night; there was no noise. The city lay behind him, lighted here and there, and starry worlds were hidden by the masonry of spire and roof that hardly made out any shapes against the sky. Dark and lonely distance lay around him everywhere, and the clocks were faintly striking two.
lonely
For it must be very lonely being dead. Diane Setterfield
lonely moving sight
I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades. Darren Shan
lonely writing sickness
Writing is such a damn lonely sickness. David Mitchell
past people debt
The American people care about the fact that we have $17 trillion in debt and 10 percent of every tax dollar that's coming in is going to pay for past overspending. Carol Roth
past mexican black
[The Mexican revolution] was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo. Carlos Fuentes
past novelty variation
There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.
past matter happened
Whatever happened in the past doesn't really matter anymore to us right now. Carl Crawford
past years meditation
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years. Carl Friedrich Gauss
past frozen flow
The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays. C. S. Lewis
past disease littles
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them. Agnes Repplier
past foolish subtle
The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
past racism voter-fraud
Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past. Aasif Mandvi
spirituality openness
Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown. Alan Watts
spirituality sensuality gross
Nothing is more repulsive than a furtively prurient spirituality; it is just as unsavory as gross sensuality. Carl Jung
spirituality paramount
Spirituality has played an amazing part. Its been paramount in my life. Chaka Khan
spirituality reborn gods-will
God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you. Bernard of Clairvaux
spirituality immense within-you
The more you recognize the immense good within you, the more you magnetize immense good around you. Alan Cohen
spirituality obvious
That I am not my experiences is very obvious. I am the one who is having those experiences. Spirituality has nothing to do with experience. Deepak Chopra
spirituality ethical existence
Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality. Albert Schweitzer
spirituality communion communion-with-god
Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
spirituality misery rebellion
"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God. Dallas Willard