#nobles

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords. ↗

— Edmond Halley

#astronomy #far #noblest #sight

Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them. ↗

— Henry Norris Russell

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If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. ↗

— Morris West

#divine #function #god #his #image

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. ↗

— Plato

#first #himself #man #noblest #victories

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#glory #love #most #noblest #spirit

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind. ↗

— John Dryden

#love #mind #noblest

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ↗

— Confucius

#bitterest #easiest #experience #first #imitation

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#does #ennobles #happiness #makes #men

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#noblest #pleasure #understanding

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. ↗

— James Thurber

#composition #curious #fast #getting #graphic