#super

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#admiration #consists #details #feeble #frail

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#compelling #exercise #force #game #internal

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#command #course #distinguished #his #history

Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi. ↗

— Moderata Fonte

#building #dignity #empowerment #flowers #gender

Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that. ↗

— Terence Fisher

#accept #believe #certainly #die #end

It's not being superficial, but looks do attract me from across the gym. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#attract #being #gym #looks #me

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#because #devise #direct #does #her

I'm super organized, but a horrible house cleaner. ↗

— Angie Harmon

#horrible #house #i #organized #super

Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#between #difference #guys #hustle #little

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#demonstrates #explains #good #good teacher #inspires