Athanasius Kircher Quotes

#1. The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.

Thomas E. Woods Jr.

#2. Two historical figures play prominent roles in this book: a pair of priests who lived centuries apart but who were tied together by fate. During the seventeenth century, Father Athanasius Kircher was known as the Leonardo da Vinci of the Jesuit Order.

James Rollins

#3. I'd rather have answers than weapons.

Beth Revis

#4. We never have a full demonstration, although there is always an underlying reason for the truth, even if it is only perfectly understood by God, who alone penetrated the infinite series in one stroke of the mind.

Gottfried Leibniz

#5. Reality is non-directional, layered, and potential- all things at once and non-real in the sense that real is an unknown, so "real" is undefined and can not be experienced. Only your experience can be experienced, and that does not encompass everything or anything.

Laren Grey Umphlett

#6. Faith of that sort - the sort that can stand up at least for a while in a confrontation with reason - is now plainly impossible.

Christopher Hitchens

#7. Whoever has the desire to pursue philosophy correctly should look to Nature's Archetype in every matter, so that by taking up Ariadne's thread in her intricate labyrinth he may keep himself safe and secure from wrong turns and deviant paths.

Athanasius Kircher

#8. Happiness is NOW! It isn't tomorrow. It isn't yesterday. Happiness is like a morning glory: Yesterday's won't bloom again; tomorrow's hasn't opened yet. Only today's flower can be enjoyed today. Be happy this very moment, and you'll learn how to be happy always.

Goswami Kriyananda

#9. They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever renounce it.

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

#10. When I see someone wearing fur, I just want to sit them down in front of one of PETA's videos and show them just how badly animals suffer for this supposed fabric that no one needs.

Tim Howard

#11. I do know that there isn't ever going to be a time when there aren't any knitters.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#12. Nothing is more beautiful than to know all.

Athanasius Kircher

#13. Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

David Bowie

#14. Truths about writing can be framed before you've published a word; truths about life can be framed only when it's too late to make any difference.

Julian Barnes

#15. The world is bound in secret knots.

Athanasius Kircher