#centuries

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#back #bowed #burden #centuries #emptiness

At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#aid #battle #centuries #conquer #expecting

When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball. ↗

— Andy Pick

#big #centuries #come #get #here

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours; we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries. ↗

— Will Durant

#centuries #earth #events #hours #informed

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#centuries #danger #deaths #drama #expanding

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#bent #centuries #curb #developed #did

For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#centuries #christians #east #jews #middle

Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and better, the end product of the series; whereas this divine personality that we meet in the Bible was, for centuries, regarded simply as a symbol of a greater transcendence that lay beyond it. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #beyond #bible #bigger #centuries

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#centuries #like #other #talking #those

Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century. ↗

— Wellington Mara

#also #beginning #centuries #century #determine