English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Elias Hicks Quotes

People talk about revelation, and say it has ceased; but what ignorance it bespeaks, when man knows not the least thing on earth without revelation.

Elias Hicks

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Jane Austen quote: "Every thing was to take its natural course, however, neither..."
Every thing was to take its natural course, however, neither impelled nor assisted. Jane Austen
I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight. Douglas Hurd
It doth not hurt", whispered a faint voice, "She will take you life and all you are and all you care'st for, and she will leave you with nothing but mist and fog. She'll take your joy. And one day you'll wake and your heart and soul will have gone. A husk you'll be, a wisp you'll be, and a thing no more than a dream on waking, or a memory of something forgotten. Neil Gaiman
If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It's as if I'm racist towards white girls! Boris Becker
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. Bertrand Russell
Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest. Kinky Friedman
John Polkinghorne quote: "Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to..."
Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. John Polkinghorne
Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life. Robert Fulghum
Reading Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge's brilliant and depressing book, "The Thirties", I thought of a rather cruel trick I once played on a wasp. He was sucking jam on my plate, and I cut him in half. Hr paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam tricked out of his oesophagus. Only when he tried to fly away did he grasp the dreadful thing that had happened to him. It is the same with modern man. The thing that has been cut away is his soul, and there was a period -... George Orwell
When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be. Thomas S. Monson
Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember. Barbara Kingsolver
L. M. Montgomery quote: "Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a..."
Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth L. M. Montgomery
Anne Bronte quote: "I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other..."
I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world. Anne Bronte
There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't. Tori Amos
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Napoleon Bonaparte