#reveals

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#brings #conversation #dearly #essentials #how

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#believe #curiosity #delight #experience #human

Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities. ↗

— Carl Olson

#between #careful #christianity #exist #far

Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#existence #fragment #human #human existence #literary

Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it. ↗

— Helena Rubinstein

#color #daylight #drains #light #reveals

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#believes #drops #every #governing #his

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#eminent #levels #life #men #reveals

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. ↗

— Anne Louise Germaine de Stael

#days #decline #first #immortality #life

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#face #gaze #look #mirror #pins

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. ↗