Aracy De Carvalho Quotes

Only the subject's individual consciousness can testify for the unwitnessed acts, and there is no act more deprived of external testimony than the act of knowing. ~ Olavo De Carvalho

What now? We bury the dead and take care of the living. [Referring to 1 November 1755 catastrophic earthquake] ~ Sebastião José De Carvalho E Melo

The cultivation of literary pursuits forms the basis of all sciences, and in their perfection consist the reputation and prosperity of kingdoms. ~ Sebastião José De Carvalho E Melo

I cannot be angry at God, in whom I do not believe. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of Plato was sunk ... The sea would necessarily rush in from all quarters, and form what is now called the Atlantic ocean. ~ Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon

It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others ... Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion's questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity. ~ Alain De Botton

I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read. ~ Alain De Botton

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. ~ Guy De Maupassant

Thanks," he said. "De nada," said Julius. "What does that mean?" said Charlie. "It's nothing, in Spanish." said Julius. "I mean, it means nothing, the word nothing, not that it doesn't mean anything, though of course it doesn't mean anything, it means something: it means nothing. Nothing is what it means. Not that it doesn't mean anything." "No, it means nothing, I know what you mean." said Charlie with a straight face. They started to giggle. ~ Zizou Corder

Along with people in other creative professions, such as artists and musicians, many scientists experience this transcendence. I do so every day. For one, it's impossible to look an ape in the eye and not see oneself. There are other animals with frontally oriented eyes, but none that give you the shock of recognitions of the ape's. Looking back at you is not so much an animal but a personality as solid and willful as yourself. ~ Frans De Waal

While we do not need art to live, I couldn't imagine a life without it, ~ Simon De Pury

Nations as well as men require time to learn, whatever may be their intelligence or zeal. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God. ~ Saint Francis De Sales

We see not only thought as participating in evolution as an anomaly or as an epiphenomenon; but evolution as so reducible to and identifiable with a progress towards thought that the movement of our souls expresses and measures the very stages of progress of evolution itself. Man discovers that he is nothing else than evolution become conscious of itself. ~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. ~ Malcolm De Chazal

closer than a touch on your skin,
deeper than a breathe you draw in;
stronger than a hurricane wind,
is the dwelling of God within. ~ Isaac De Benserade

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it. ~ Alain De Botton

Although men cannot become absolutely equal unless they be entirely free, and consequently equality, pushed to its furthest extent, may be confounded with freedom, yet there is good reason for distinguishing the one from the other. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville

Today I believe that, under the specially privileged conditions in which I exist, life contains two main truths which we must face simultaneously, and between which there is no choice - the joy of being, the horror of being no more. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

With real relationship within, you are as delicateness really listening. ~ John De Ruiter

Sometimes, happiness feels so fragile ... So what do we do about it? ... Live. Forget that it's fragile. Live like it isn't ~ Marisa De Los Santos

Pen realized it: Sometimes there is nothing to do but surrender yourself to wonder ... You must stop measuring - over and over - the line between loving and being in love. You must offer yourself, whole, to the cobalt starfish (and the orange one and the pale pink one and the biscuit-colored one with the raised, chocolate-brown art deco design) and to the clear, clear water and to the sweep of shining sky and to the silver scattershot of leaping fish (an entire school skipping across the ocean like a stone.) ~ Marisa De Los Santos

It is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

A man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

We need to separate the process of evolution - which is, indeed, a self-serving process - and the actual motivations of animals. ~ Frans De Waal

Here we are, condemned to death, and still the certainty of dying cannot compare with the pleasure I am feeling. The joy I take from this half an orange which I am holding in my hand is one of the greatest joys I have ever known. ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong. ~ Michel De Montaigne

There is no sound more feminine than a woman in a taffeta dress. ~ Oscar De La Renta

People where you live grow five thousand roses in one garden ... yet they don't find what they are looking for. ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery