John Donne Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Fire Quotes

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

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As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Angel Quotes , Fire Quotes

I turn you out of doors tenant desire you pay no rent I turn you out of doors all my best rooms are yours the brain and heart depart I turn you out of doors switch off the lights throw water on the fire I turn you out of doors stubborn desire.

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A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?

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Tags : Akkineni Nagarjuna Quotes , Fire Quotes , Wind Quotes

I still hold. . .that the suburbs ought to be either glorified by romance and religion or else destroyed by fire from heaven, or even by firebrands from the earth.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Fire Quotes , Romance Quotes

There are, O monks, these four lights. What four? The light of the moon, the light of the sun, the light of fire, and the light of wisdom. Of these four lights, the light of wisdom is supreme.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Moon Quotes , Fire Quotes

Arson, after all, is an artificial crime...A large number of houses deserve to be burnt.

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Tags : H. G. Wells Quotes , Fire Quotes , Numbers Quotes

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Truth Quotes , Fire Quotes

There are five kinds of incendiary attack: The first is called setting fire to personnel; the second, to stores; the third, to transport vehicles and equipment; the fourth, to munitions; the fifth, to supply installations...In all cases an army must understand the changes induced by the five kinds of incendiary attack, and make use of logistical calculations to address them.

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Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.

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Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.

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Tags : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes , Sunset Quotes , Fire Quotes

Anger is like fire. It burns all clean.

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Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

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Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.

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Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.

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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.

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Tags : Ramakrishna Quotes , Fire Quotes , Ego Quotes

I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Fire Quotes

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

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You call it hope-that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire.

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Tags : Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Fire Quotes , Agony Quotes

May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.

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Tags : A. B. Simpson Quotes , Heart Quotes , Fire Quotes