#great

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#among #aspiration #complex #diversified #great

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#book #exploit #great #hold #i

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#greatest #notions #seem #silliest #you

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#best #casts #causes #certain #greatest

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#greatest #mistake #more #than #trying

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo. ↗

— Derek Bailey

#even #great #kind #loses #other

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#great #love #poets #tell #them

Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#ago #been #being #civilization #difficulties

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#great #great state #leaders #our #perfection

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#fought #great-grandfather #like #never #never forget