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41 " That casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that had still not ended half a century later. "
― Gabriel García Márquez , Love in the Time of Cholera
42 " Since the beginning of the world, a prayer is a prayer and a curse is a curse-- no matter the people-- no matter the language-- Man has given a thousand different namesto his god, but look into the face of each one-- long enough-- hard enough-- You will find one truth. "
― Mike Mignola , B.P.R.D., Vol. 13: 1947
43 " With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive. "
― Gao Xingjian
44 " There are people who desperately want to change the world. I wonder if it could be measured, because the world is already in the state of continuously change since the beginning of time. Or they may just want their names etched nicely on men history. "
― Toba Beta , My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
45 " In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then he said, " Let there be light." Which means he made the entire universe in the dark! How fucking good is that? He's brilliant. "
46 " Fortunately Jesus didn't leave [the disciples]-or any of us-without hope or direction. Where we fail, Jesus succeeded. The only One who as able to recognize and follow His purpose from the beginning was Jesus. He alone was able to obey consistently and please God completely. And His divine mission was to make a way for each of us to do the same. "
― Charles R. Swindoll
47 " There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment. "
― Alistair Begg
48 " At the beginning was The Word. Today I see That in great quotes. "
49 " One reason might be that if I hadn't tripped, I'd have been hamburger.When this sort of thing occurs, people often say that there was some power greater than themselves at work. This sounds reasonable. I am just suggesting that it is not necessary to equate " greater than ourselves" with " stretched across the heavenly vault." It could mean " just slightly greater." A cocoon of energy that we carry with us, that is capable, under some conditions, of affecting physicality. Furthermore, I conjecture that the totality of all these souls is what constitutes the Godhead. I mean this in the same sense as the " Leviathan" of Thomas Hobbes, whereby man, that is everyone together, creates " that great Leviathan called a Commonwealth or State, which is but an artificial man, though of greater statute and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defense it was created." And that leads me to my Insight: God was not there at the beginning of evolution; God is what lies at the end of it. "
50 " The fear of God is the beginning of knowledge. "
51 " Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. "
― Aristotle
52 " Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. "
― Socrates
53 " I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom. "
― Clarence Darrow , The Story of My Life
54 " To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom. "
― Marion Zimmer Bradley
55 " The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. "
― Clarence Darrow , Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays
56 " Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline." Proverbs 1:7 NLT "
57 " Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. "
― Mortimer J. Adler , How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
58 " Thirty-nine years of my life had passed before I understood that clouds were not my enemy; that they were beautiful, and that I needed them. I suppose this, for me, marked the beginning of wisdom. Life is short. "
― Iimani David
59 " The ending can only start with the beginning and end with self estrangement, as to become once again his own/old self. This is why every man is a continuous ending. "
60 " I am pain stricken to say that, various “educational” institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine " fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom" as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom. "