Top Origin Quotes
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Lao Tzu
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
Lord Acton
Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.
Goldwin Smith
The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations.
Richard Owen
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
Eric Hoffer
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Paracelsus 
Francisco de Goya 
Alexander Mackenzie 
Andy Goldsworthy 
Cat Stevens 
Chen Ning Yang All Origin Quotes
There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin.
Simon Greenleaf 
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We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.
Arthur E. Waite
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We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.
Angelo Scola
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The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity.
Lou Henry Hoover
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Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy.
Belle Boyd
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Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
Georges Bataille
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Ambrose BierceBertrand RussellEric HofferLao TzuKarl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelSimone WeilCarl JungSaint Thomas AquinasJean RostandCat StevensClarence DarrowRobert CollierMortimer AdlerAndy GoldsworthyWilliam Wordsworth
Len WeinEllsworth HuntingtonLakhdar BrahimiMahalia JacksonRoger BannisterCharles DarwinEdvard MunchAhmed Ben BellaAdam ClarkeGoldwin SmithEmma ThompsonFranz LisztHorace MannEmanuel SwedenborgLord Acton
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