Strange & Unusual Sayings
3,283 sayings found from the Early Modern era
Without fear, there is no love for God.
Without fear, there is no love for God.
The true prayer is to live in God's will.
The true prayer is to live in God's will.
The mind is a mad elephant, intoxicated by ego. Only the Guru's teachings can tame it.
The mind is a mad elephant, intoxicated by ego. Only the Guru's teachings can tame it.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
Oh, Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest what mischief thou hast done!
Oh, Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest what mischief thou hast done!
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of an…
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of an…
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
Can it be by accident that all birds beasts and men have their right side and left side alike shaped (except in their bowels) and just two eyes and no more on either side the face & just two ears on either side the head and a nose with two holes and …
Can it be by accident that all birds beasts and men have their right side and left side alike shaped (except in their bowels) and just two eyes and no more on either side the face & just two ears on either side the head and a nose with two holes and …
I have written up many reasons and refutations on the subject, but I have not dared until now to bring them into the open, being warned by the fortunes of Copernicus himself, our master, who procured for himself immortal fame among a few but stepped …
I have written up many reasons and refutations on the subject, but I have not dared until now to bring them into the open, being warned by the fortunes of Copernicus himself, our master, who procured for himself immortal fame among a few but stepped …