Quotes about Subtle
Thought is crude, matter unimaginably subtle.
- Aldous Huxley
Another marvel: some one has me fast Within his ample palm; 'tis not a grasp Such as they use on earth, but all around Over the surface of my subtle being, As though I were a sphere, and capable To be accosted thus, a uniform And gentle pressure tells me I am not Self-moving, but borne forward on my way. And hark! I hear a singing; yet in sooth I cannot of that music rightly say Whether I hear, or touch, or taste the tones. Oh, what a heart-subduing melody!
- John Henry Newman
Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field.
- Anonymous
Cleo touched Sarah's head. "Cross your arms on the table and sleep awhile." Sarah did as she was told, wishing they could leave. Cleo obviously wasn't ready to leave. She seemed to be having a good time, and she kept staring at Merrick and smiling in a way Sarah had never seen her smile before.
- Francine Rivers
I leave it to the philosophers to discuss these faculties in their subtle way. For the upbuilding of godliness a simple definition will be enough for us.
- John Calvin
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
- Albert Einstein
God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.
- Albert Einstein
The Lord God is subtle, but malicious he is not.
- Albert Einstein
God may be subtle, but He isn't mean.
- Albert Einstein
The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.
- Woodrow Wilson
That age of the church which was most fertile in subtle questions was most barren in religion; for it makes people think religion to be only a matter of cleverness, in tying and untying of knots.
- Richard Sibbes
He heard something? That's the best the writer can do? That's so vague. Ambiguous. Fuzzy. Exactly. Sometimes the most powerful truths in a story are the ones that are never explicitly stated.
- Rob Bell