#nuance

Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#associate #belief #conscious #continuance #existence

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance. ↗

— Charles Henry Parkhurst

#continuance #down #impulse #into #steady

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#bending #blossoms #carry #confidant #cordial

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#big #chunk #done #educating #game

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances. ↗

— Douglas Dunn

#audience #expect #impact #nuances #poem

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#central #communist #communist party #cults #down

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#different #elegant #every #every time #moon

People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice. ↗

— Danielle Steel

#come #context #entire #human #human voice

I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#game #i #i feel #i feel like #like

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#ceasing #continuance #desire #longing #prayer