Quotes About Symbols

A labyrinth of symbols... An invisible labyrinth of time.

In Buddhism, the eight emblems would refer to the eight marks of good fortune on the sole of Buddha's foot—wheel, conch shell, umbrella, canopy, lots flower, jar, pair of fishes, and mystic signs—which, in turn, were symbols of the organs in Buddha's body.

But the old symbols remained, and may such symbols long remain among us; they are still lovely and fit to be loved. They tell us of the true and manly feelings of other times; and to him who can read aright, they explain more fully, more truly than any written history can do, how Englishmen have become what they are.

alphabetic scripts tend to have between 20 and 40 characters (Russian, for example, has 36 signs, and Arabic has 28).

scripts that rely on semagrams tend to have hundreds or even thousands of signs (Chinese has over 5,000).

Codebreakers are linguistic alchemists, a mystical tribe attempting to conjure sensible words out of meaningless symbols. The history of codes and ciphers is the story of the centuries-old battle between codemakers and codebreakers, an intellectual arms race that has had a dramatic impact on the course of history.

Codebreakers are linguistic alchemists, a mystical tribe attempting to conjure sensible words out of meaningless symbols.

Méthode pour comprendre les images, les symboles. etc. Non pas essayer de les interpréter, mais les regarder jusqu'à ce que la lumière jaillisse.

I just wish people wouldn't quote Lincoln or the Bible, or hang out the flag or the cross, to cover up something that belongs more to the bank-book and the three golden balls.

Your sixth sense speaks to you in many ways—in symbols, pictures, metaphors, feelings, dreams, and even signs on the road. Your spirit has a language of its own, and the more freely you talk about your vibes, the more you come to know the language of your spirit.

Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate.

Those who might assert that the Catholic Church is meant by these verses, due to its portraying Biblical figures and saints in paintings and statues miss the point. For most, these are symbols of faith, not objects of faith. Unlike ancient Israel, most worshippers today don't believe that a statue itself performs miracles. Errant Israelites actually called on their idols to do what only God can do.

knowledge of Jewish culture, Jewish symbols, Jewish icons and the tradition of Jewish storytelling. It requires an understanding of what the Jews called "midrash.

To read the gospels properly, I now believe, requires a knowledge of Jewish culture, Jewish symbols, Jewish icons and the tradition of Jewish storytelling. It requires an understanding of what the Jews called "midrash." Only those people who were completely unaware of these things could ever have come to think that the gospels were meant to be read literally.

vücutlar sosyal s?n?f?n görünür simgeleridir.

Iconographers,

Espousing the melancholy of ancient symbols, I would have freed myself.

I cannot differentiate between tears and music' (Nietzsche). Whoever is not immediately struck by the profundity of this statement has not lived for a minute in the intimacy of music. I know no other music than that of tears. Born out of the loss of paradise, music gives birth to the symbols of this loss: tears.

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one.

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

Existence is based on a subtle cooperation of energy that is multilayered and multidimensional in scope, and fully alive with a symbolism that reflects your beliefs and expectations of life. Your perceptions develop and mature according to your ability to grasp the interactive world of symbols and to interpret these symbols based on the stimuli and the sensations you experience. In other words, the meaning you assign to an event determines the outcome you experience.

I have a list of all the ways there are to make a wish, like seeing a white horse or blowing a dandelion. Looking at a clock at exactly 11:11 is on my list.

Such things as are good simply because they have been commanded or instituted, or as being symbols of something good, are mere shadows which cannot be reckoned among actions that are the offspring, as it were, or fruit of a sound mind and of intellect.

Nature is a temple where living pillars Sometimes emit confused words; There man passes through the forests of symbols Which observe him with familiar looks.