Quotes About Symbolism

All nature is a vast symbolism: Every material fact has sheathed within it a spiritual truth.

Looking up into the trees, I noticed that one still had a few dark leaves clinging to the upper branches. Under my gaze, the leaves became a semé of birds, scattering upward and away in a salutary swoop, leaving only a plastic bag, caught and hanging listlessly in the bare limbs.

The world is a parable-the habitation of symbols-the phantoms of spiritual things immortal shown in material shape.

The point of cleaning for Pesach is to remember that we are leaving Egypt, leaving the things that constrict us spiritually.

A rose may be a rose may be a rose; but not this one. Clearly it stands for something more.

I glanced at the sari lying on the rock where I had thrown it and I knew that I would never enter the girls' world again.

The symbolism within these feasts is made even richer by the fact that Jesus accomplished vital steps of His plan on top of each of them. He was crucified on Passover. He was buried on the Feast of Unleavened Bread. He rose from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits. And He sent the Spirit on Pentecost.

It was a fruit relationship, perhaps symbolizing sex.

dear kiara, The women in the shop told me that yellow rose represents friendship and red rose shows love. And the rosery is the only thing i own that i care for, its yours i'm yours C

Did I ever tell you that Alex loves you so much he got your name tattooed all over his body? Hell, he even got your name branded into the back of his neck." "They say 'LB,' Carlos. The initials for Latino Blood." "No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. He wants everyone to think that, but in reality it means Lover of Brittany. LB, get it?

Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin." Simone Schwarz-Bart

My dreams are of water. And my nightmares.

A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole It does not look likely to stir a man's soul, 'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag, When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.

I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret Magic of numbers.

When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken under the rose.

The bottle of red brush on a white table gleamed throughout the remaining years of my childhood as the sign of what was possible there.

I watched the gulls and looked over at Lady Liberty. I thought about what Harry must be feeling because she wouldn't see her again, not like this, anyway. I wanted her to know it would be better, more beautiful on the other side, but it was sad because we can't help loving what's around us even if it is grasping and attachment to the things that don't really matter when you take a higher spiritual perspective.

I don't want the Obama era to be more about symbolism than substance when it comes to black people. I love him, but I love black people even more.

Everything we see in a Catholic church is there for a single purpose: to tell a love story.

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

When a couple of young people strongly devoted to each other commence to eat onions, it is safe to pronounce them engaged.

Girls when it says "I love you" - it's like a second baptism - It gives them a whole new heart - As at the end of the egg.

I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold.

I am not tempted by God but I love his trappings.