Quotes about Symbol

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But is the unicorn a falsehood? It's the sweetest of animals and a noble symbol. It stands for Christ and for chastity; — Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
the mystic must be steadily told,—All that you say is just as true without the tedious use of that symbol as with it. Le — Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238 — Leslie Bratspis
We have learnt that the exploration of the external world by the methods of physical science leads not to a concrete rea — Arthur Stanley Eddington, Science And The Unseen World
The same principles that make a spiral galaxy also create the structure of a seashell and unfurling of a fern. This is w — Belsebuub, Return to Source: How Enlightenment is the Process of Creation in the Universe in Reverse
Probably our lives are full of symbols which only an unacknowledged sense perceives. Spiritual events assume a material — Julian Hawthorne, American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. " — Hilari Bell, Crown of Earth
From the bonny bells of heather,They brewed a drink long syne,Was sweeter far than honey,Was stronger far than wine.They — Robert Louis Stevenson
The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats — C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
There are symbolic dreams-- dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities -- realities that symb — Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase
I myself recently dreamed that a UFO came speeding towards me which turned out to be the lens of a magic lantern whose p — C.G. Jung
(…) symbolism did not fall out of heaven or rise out of subterranean depths: it was elaborated like language, by the hum — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in — Christopher Hitchens
Barack Obama’s victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Do not be surprised,' she said. 'It is I, and it is not I; You shall find me again, and you shall lose me; Once more sha — Marcel Schwob, The Book of Monelle
Before we leave the gravesite, Mary sings Mother's favorite gospel hymn ...Mary's lovely voice rises and lingers in the — Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World
Me being an ant, at her mountain, I would have tried my best for my voice to reach her peak. But our timing was off, and — Anthony Liccione
Artistic symbols and myths speak out of the primordial, preconscious realm of the mind which is powerful and chaotic. Bo — Rollo May, My Quest for Beauty
From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections. — Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
Like symbolism, decadence puts forth the idea that the function of literature is to evoke impressions and 'correspondenc — Asti Hustvedt