#pillars

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. ↗

— Paracelsus

#astronomy #ethics #four #medicine #philosophy

The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#pillars #society #truth

When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to them, they could just hide away and turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly away completely untouched. ↗

— Patch Adams

#caterpillars #sad #sadness #sorrow #beauty

The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#creating #creative #equality #everything #excellence

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls. ↗

— Rudolf Otto

#bear #become #carved #dim #eyes

Two years ago, I shot 'Pillars of the Earth' in Budapest - it was a big part, but I had a lot of time to sit around and visit cafes. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#around #big #budapest #earth #had

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#caterpillars #philosophy #philosophy

The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity. ↗

— George Carlin

#caterpillars #humor #injustice #work #humor

Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a distance, the pillars of her life, the loyalties, the relationships. It all got my interest and also the looks. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#also #could #distance #everything #got

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#empire #equally #evil #immoral #institutions