#verse

In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely. ↗

— Wilhelm Ostwald

#chemical #composition #compounds #conversely #experimental

Down below the broad, roaring waves of the sea break against the deep foundation of the rock. But high above the mountain, the sea, and the peaks of rock the eternal ornamentation blooms silently from the dark depths of the universe. ↗

— Rudolf Otto

#against #below #blooms #break #broad

Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#babies #causes #certainly #children #does

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time. ↗

— Octavio Paz

#couple #excellence #forces #forms #human

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#clear #egg #finishes #following #form

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#may #possibly #verse

The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#outwards #universe #within #worked

It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011. ↗

— Arthur Laffer

#amazed #collapse #cuts #deferred #economy

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#food #i #i think #included #intimidating

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#brightest #darkest #days #do not judge #find