Quotes about Living Thing

Green and living jewels drip into my eyes" from the poem "All Green and Living Things" in the book "Terra Affirmative Votes: 3

I imagine that yes is the only living thing. Votes: 2

In every living thing there is the desire for love. Votes: 2

When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion. Votes: 2

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing. Votes: 2

I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing. Votes: 2

I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me. Votes: 2

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. Votes: 2

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. Votes: 2

To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration. Votes: 2

The mark of a living thing is to be involved in opposites (impossibilities): the living cell that has to be continually adapting itself to stay alive, with its identity. Votes: 2

It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized. Votes: 2

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it. Votes: 2

I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way. Votes: 2

Instead of buying into the global agenda, which is using food as just industrial stuff, we would say we view food as biological, a living thing, that belongs in smaller communities. Votes: 2

Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life. Votes: 2

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating. Votes: 2

Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years. Votes: 2

Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, who do you think made up the rules for how to perform collective behaviors? It had to be the bacteria. Votes: 2

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Votes: 2

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product. Votes: 2

The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing. Votes: 2

A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in your house, it's a really special relationship which I wanted CATHY to have. Votes: 2

Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners. Votes: 2

I've redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I'd never say I wouldn't rewrite years later. Tennessee Williams did that all the time, and it's distressing, because I'd like the play to be out there in its finished form. Votes: 2

Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator's plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see a planet bursting with evolutionary possibilities, a continuing creation in which the Divine providence is manifest in every living thing. I see a science that tells us there is indeed a design to life. Votes: 2

If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing with some kind of care and thought and preparation to rationalize the taking of that life in some way. Where if you're just grinding up hamburger at McDonald's, I see that as a bit of an affront to living things. Votes: 2

A living thing is born. Votes: 0

Language is a living thing Votes: 0

No living thing is insignificant. Votes: 0

It's a living, breathing thing, acting Votes: 0

I wish no living thing to suffer pain. Votes: 0

I don't do the super-clean-living L.A. thing. Votes: 0

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia. Votes: 0

The great thing about getting older is living life. Votes: 0

It is really a tightrope sort of thing, living. Votes: 0

You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing. Votes: 0

Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another. Votes: 0

A story is a living thing, it moves and shifts... Votes: 0

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing. Votes: 0

Dignity in death is a birthright of each living thing. Votes: 0

Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free Votes: 0

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living. Votes: 0

The only thing worse than dying is living a boring life. Votes: 0

I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing. Votes: 0

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for. Votes: 0

Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it. Votes: 0

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits. Votes: 0

Living a very long time would be a very scary thing. Votes: 0

The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them. Votes: 0

Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing. Votes: 0

The uncluttered arena grants every living thing its unique existence. Including me. Votes: 0

Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing. Votes: 0

Living is a thing you do now or never which do you? Votes: 0

The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure. Votes: 0

Living isn't a simple thing...no one said it's supposed to be. Votes: 0

The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it! Votes: 0

America has to be not just an idea but a living, breathing thing. Votes: 0

The only thing better than living on a mac, is living at Hogwarts. Votes: 0

Everything thing we're doing is coming out of the living Word of God. Votes: 0

Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.... Votes: 0

Living is nothing more or less than doing one thing instead of another. Votes: 0

Every living thing deserves our respect... be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful. Votes: 0

weather is the indisputable ruler of the forest and every living thing in it ... Votes: 0

Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive. Votes: 0

Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else. Votes: 0

Living in the age of AIDS is one thing. Dying in it is another. Votes: 0

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate. Votes: 0

Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing Votes: 0

Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else. Votes: 0

Great art must be a living thing, or it is not art at all. Votes: 0

Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself. Votes: 0

To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute. Votes: 0

Genes are little items that are found in every living thing except Sen. Alfonse D'Amato. Votes: 0

I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living. Votes: 0

The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune. Votes: 0

I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things. Votes: 0

One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me. Votes: 0

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'. Votes: 0

The good thing about living like me is everywhere you go is a step up. Votes: 0

The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable. Votes: 0

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough. Votes: 0

Love is connection with others. Union with another human being or living thing. That's also Yoga. Votes: 0

The thing that everyone liked about 'Entourage' is that these are fish-out-of-water guys living this dream. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. Votes: 0

I feel vulnerable every day to the grace of God as expressed in every living thing. Votes: 0

It's one thing to make a beautiful thing; it's another thing to make a living thing. Votes: 0

The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing. Votes: 0

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. Votes: 0

In the end, the only thing that really matters is how we treated all living things. Votes: 0

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself. Votes: 0

The creative process is a living thing, implanted, as it were in the souls of men. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a bad life. That's what I call an experienced living. Votes: 0

You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for. Votes: 0

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. Votes: 0

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing. Votes: 0

You can't persuade most of the public that education and making a living aren't the same thing. Votes: 0

Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding. Votes: 0

Gods induction, life's construction, these instruct will save every living thing. Can't you see that life's connected? Votes: 0

Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living. Votes: 0

Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant. Votes: 0

I've been living for 17 years, and I've noticed human relations is the most difficult thing to understand... Votes: 0

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. Votes: 0

I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling. Votes: 0

There's only one thing worse than to live without working, and that is to work without living. Votes: 0

The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it. Votes: 0

Living, being in the world, was a much greater and stranger thing than she had ever dreamed. Votes: 0

If you start planning too far ahead, the next thing you know you forget you're living today Votes: 0

Living is the same thing as dying. Living well is the same thing as dying for others. Votes: 0

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it. Votes: 0

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. Votes: 0

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion. Votes: 0

Don't be ashamed or embarrassed to dream big. You're living your life with hope, that's a powerful thing. Votes: 0

We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet. Votes: 0

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community. Votes: 0

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool. Votes: 0

love, is an unnatural attachment to another living thing. it's the root cause of most personal problems people have. Votes: 0

Nature is not kind; it is not good. Do you really think nature cares about any individual living thing~? Votes: 0

There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because he is the living Lord. Votes: 0

To adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing. Votes: 0

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star. Votes: 0

The only thing that's unavoidable is death. The only issue is, will you avoid living just to stay alive. Votes: 0

Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time. Votes: 0

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star." Votes: 0

I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist. Votes: 0

To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart. Votes: 0

The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth. Votes: 0

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself. Votes: 0

Accept that living in the present moment, with your present desires, is the best, the highest thing you can do. Votes: 0

As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing. Votes: 0

Worship is living our life individually and corporately as continuous living sacrifices to the glory of a person or thing. Votes: 0

Never forget that every living thing has a particular and needed job to do in the universal Plan and Purpose. Votes: 0

What I do for a living and how I unwind are one and the same; it's a rare special thing. Votes: 0

Language is a living thing. It must survive in men's minds and on their tongues if it survives at all. Votes: 0

Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ. Votes: 0

Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do. Votes: 0

This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed. Votes: 0

Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo. Votes: 0

The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does. Votes: 0

Every living thing is both a whole system in and of itself as well as an essential part of other systems. Votes: 0

Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Votes: 0

The only thing that stands between you and grand success in living are these two things: getting started and never quitting! Votes: 0

A relationship needs constant attention. It's a living thing, not just a habit. You've got to keep on top of it. Votes: 0

A creature doesn't move because it is a living thing, but because it knows what it can do with its life. Votes: 0

The best thing we can do for the dead is to do their share of living with a smile. ~Train Heartnet Votes: 0

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude. Votes: 0

The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the public, between living people and art as a living thing. Votes: 0

The great thing about living today is that there is this thing called the Interweb, and you can just look up anything. Votes: 0

The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one's eyes without seeing anything. Votes: 0

But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes. Votes: 0

The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. Votes: 0

Thing about witches; we're a paranoid lot. Call it a side effect of living in a world obsessed with seeing you burn. Votes: 0

What I do for a living is re-create human emotion, and that's a pretty weird thing to do from nine till five. Votes: 0

I don't much live my life as if I was living in a Raymond Chandler novel, which is probably a good thing. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as inanimate matter...there is God or divinity in all matter and it is all living energy. Votes: 0

If God's people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be - it must be - compassion. Votes: 0

The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing. Votes: 0

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far. Votes: 0

The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it. Votes: 0

As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living. Votes: 0

That blasted family could never look at a living thing without wanting to make a profit out of it, preferably by killing it. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as a goal cast in stone. It should be a living thing that becomes a part of your life. Votes: 0

The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people. Votes: 0

He who feels contempt for any living thing hath faculties that he hath never used, and thought with him is in its infancy. Votes: 0

The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die. Votes: 0

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us. Votes: 0

You make an open-ended proposition and the audience completes it somehow. That’s what you hope an artwork to be-a constantly living thing. Votes: 0

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear. Votes: 0

She was kahuna, creating more life around her than was actually there, heightening the momentousness of each living thing by simply gazing upon it. Votes: 0

Living New York, everyone has a million hustles, so I was doing party promoting, working the doors at parties, doing that whole nightlife thing. Votes: 0

The great thing about living in New York is the constant change of things. It inspires me to keep moving, push forward, question ideas. Votes: 0

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites. Votes: 0

That's the best thing that's ever happened to me, bar none, is having grandchildren and living by them and being part of their lives. Votes: 0

The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home. Votes: 0

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now. Votes: 0

The greatest thing we can do to be closer to our own lives and to the freshness of living is to open up again. Votes: 0

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream. Votes: 0

The worst thing about living in this world, in general, is that things get overwhelming, and things cause a tremendous amount of despair and anxiety. Votes: 0

I'm a living, breathing example of someone who does the same exact thing, but drugs and alcohol just aren't a part of who I am. Votes: 0

The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics. Votes: 0

Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that makes living worthwhile. Votes: 0

So they went running together, silent, toward the vast wastes of snow where no living thing but they two moved under the stars of night. Votes: 0

Ageing's a difficult thing, moving closer to death, but it's okay. I've had a good time living, so I'm gonna have a good time dying. Votes: 0

I'm a living example of getting into films backwards. Merely by accident. Exposure to films and ideas is the best thing that colleges can do. Votes: 0

as the needs of all living things must, we have proved that it is a very safe thing to trust in the Lord our God. Votes: 0

The power in which we must have faith if we would be well, is the creative and curative power which exists in every living thing. Votes: 0

The living thing is not the clay molded by the potter, nor the harp played upon by the musician. It is the clay modeling itself. Votes: 0

A company is an organic, living, breathing thing, not just an income sheet and balance sheet. You have to lead it with that in mind. Votes: 0

The main thing you can change is how you perceive yourself. Stop looking in the mirror and realize that youre living for yourself, not other people. Votes: 0

Horror movies have never been my thing. I love psychological thrillers like The Exorcist, The Shining, even though they scare the living daylights out of me. Votes: 0

A Falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their seats. Votes: 0

I just want to see how long I can keep this thing going. The easiest thing is dying. Living is a a pain in the butt Votes: 0

The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy to imagine that the other person is living a perfect life. Votes: 0

Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing. Votes: 0

What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear - and we must learn how to overcome fear. Votes: 0

Horror movies have never been my thing. I love psychological thrillers like 'The Exorcist', 'The Shining', even though they scare the living daylights out of me. Votes: 0

Perhaps the whole world is actually a banquet, to which every living thing is invited. First you come as guests: then eventually you're on the menu. Votes: 0

The best thing you can do is go away from this saying, 'I can do this too,' because it's all possible and I'm living proof. Votes: 0

The thing with me is, I'm both untidy and I hate mess. But I'm not untidy in communal spaces, like living rooms. My bedroom is havoc. Votes: 0

My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal! Votes: 0

Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken. Votes: 0

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words together. Votes: 0

All little creatures are beautiful...every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter. Votes: 0

The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them. Votes: 0

Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out that they've been waiting rather than living. Votes: 0

Mother Teresa once said, "Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile." ... The last thing many believers need is to go to another Bible study. Votes: 0

Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true. Votes: 0

Remember that a noble logical diagram, once recorded, will never die; long after we are gone, it will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Votes: 0

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job. Votes: 0

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing. Votes: 0

A man has got to keep his extrication. The important thing is not to get bogged down In what he has to do to earn a living.... Votes: 0

Debt can be the most addictive thing in the universe, and it can kill you. You get used to living high off the hog. It was intoxicating. Votes: 0

Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness and love. Votes: 0

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living. Votes: 0

And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, most people never observe the natural cycle of birth and death. They do not realize that for one living thing to survive, another living thing must die. Votes: 0

So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing. Votes: 0

I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting. Votes: 0

Kugel was a firm believer that death was not always a bad thing - that life often reached such levels of crapitude that dying was preferable to living. Votes: 0

In order to be a living, breathing thing, a novel has to be failed in some kind of way. Or at least that's how I keep writing them. Votes: 0

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience. Votes: 0

You cannot separate the composition from the life of the moment. It is all one thing, to be decided in a split second while you're living through it. Votes: 0

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different. Votes: 0

My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do. Votes: 0

That’s the thing about living vicariously; it’s so much faster than actual living. In a few minutes we’ll be worrying about names for the children. Votes: 0

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it. Votes: 0

Nature is a temple, where the living Columns sometimes breathe confusing speech; Man walks within these groves of symbols, each Of which regards him as a kindred thing. Votes: 0

The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living. Votes: 0

It is possible to make a living thing, not a diagram of what I have been thinking: to posit with paint something living, something that changes each day. Votes: 0

We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It's fertiliser, it's like living fertiliser, because you're forced on yourself. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery. Votes: 0

We always thought the living Earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random geological savagery. Votes: 0

The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression. Votes: 0

From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigour. Votes: 0

If there's one thing I do know, it's that I'm living my dream. Estoy viviendo mi sueño! I feel like I'm on top of the world right now. Votes: 0

Think about that for a moment. They died for you. Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing? Votes: 0

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star. Votes: 0

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind. Votes: 0

The best thing about living at the water's edge: You only have assholes on three sides of you, and if they come this way you can hear them splash. Votes: 0

It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Votes: 0

Living your life the way you want to live it is the most important thing so if you have to pay small prices along the way, it's not important. Votes: 0

My first piece of career advice is find your gifting. Find the thing that you are skilled at and figure out if you can make a living doing it. Votes: 0

We are all living history, and it's hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing's certain, though: if we throw it away, it's gone. Votes: 0

I generally don't like living in a world where being what a man is, is a horrible thing; and no matter what a woman is, is a wonderful thing. Votes: 0

To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That's the reason I'm still alive. Votes: 0

Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building to great peaks, sometimes falling to crumbled lumps. Votes: 0

What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish. Votes: 0

I can't paint. I can't write. I can't sing. But I can decorate and run a house, and light it, and heat it, and have it like a living thing. Votes: 0

Now may every living thing, young or old,weak or strong, living near or far, known orunknown, living or departed or yet unborn,may every living thing be full of bliss." Votes: 0

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest. Votes: 0

[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat ourselves from the reality of death. Votes: 0

Everyone needs love, never hurt a living thing [and] don’t worry about the choices you make because everything will be fun because life is a closet filled with pool toys, Votes: 0

Democracy is alive, and like any other living thing it either flourishes and grows or withers and dies. There is no in-between. It is freedom and life or dictatorship and death. Votes: 0

I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago. Votes: 0

The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other living thing in its malicious viciousness toward its own kind. Humanization was not a leap forward but a groping toward survival. Votes: 0

A young critic is like a boy with a gun; he fires at every living thing he sees. He thinks only of his own skill, not of the pain he is giving. Votes: 0

There's a part of every living thing that wants to become itself: the tadpole into the frog, the chrysalis into the butterfly, a damaged human being into a whole one.That is spirituality. Votes: 0

True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living. Votes: 0

Isn't it funny to think that this magnificent piece of matter is in a state of decay? Really, can you think of any other living thing that looks this glorious as it's dying? Votes: 0

In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one. Votes: 0

Relationship is the mirror in which we see ourselves as we are. All life is a movement in relationship. There is no living thing on earth which is not related to something or other. Votes: 0

The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain elusive for language to operate as a living thing. Votes: 0

I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise it just becomes long and rambling indulgent. Votes: 0

Nicholas: One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries the seeds of its creation within itself. Josh: DNA. Votes: 0

Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, who do you think made up the rules for how to perform collective behaviors? It had to be the bacteria." Votes: 0

What is the spiritual purpose of the arts? It is to learn structure. Once an artist creates a true structure, then divine love can pour into it and make it a living thing of beauty. Votes: 0