Dwelling Quotes

• We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

  Winston Churchill

  Home, Shapes, Tradition

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

  Marianne Williamson

  Letting Go, Past, Live In The Present

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground.
  In thinking, keep to the simple.
  In conflict, be fair and generous.
  In governing, don't try to control.
  In work, do what you enjoy.
  In family life, be completely present.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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• The first peace, which is the most important,
  is that which comes within the souls of people
  when they realize their relationship,
  their oneness with the universe and all its powers,
  and when they realize that at the center of the universe
  dwells the Great Spirit,
  and that this center is really everywhere,
  it is within each of us.

  Black Elk

  Inspirational, Relationship, Wisdom

  "The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux". Book by Black Elk and Joseph Epes Brown, 1953.

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• The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

  Simone Weil

  Truth, Long, House

  Simone Weil (2015). “Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings”, p.27, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

  William Blake

  Love, House, Mercy

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.893, Delphi Classics

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.

  Laozi

  Simple, Thinking, Tao Te Ching

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• For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the ebb and flow, the bustle, the fleeting and the infinite. To be away from home and yet to feel at home anywhere; to see the world, to be at the very centre of the world, and yet to be unseen of the world, such are some of the minor pleasures of those independent, intense and impartial spirits, who do not lend themselves easily to linguistic definitions. The observer is a prince enjoying his incognito wherever he goes.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Travel, Home, Independent

  "The Painter of Modern Life".

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• Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Motivational, Positive Thinking, Negativity

  Shirley Maclaine (2011). “Out on a Limb”, p.364, Bantam

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• Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

  In Diogenes Laertius 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers' bk. 5, sect. 20

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• Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it.

  John Nelson Darby

  Children, Church, Three

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• The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

  Thomas Mann

  House, Humanity, Important

  The New York Times, June 21, 1939.

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• O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Dark, Catholic

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• Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

  Richard E. Byrd

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.189, Island Press

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• A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.

  Norman Cousins

  Fashion, Thinking, Doe

  Norman Cousins (1974). “The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinity”, Harper San Francisco

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• The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages.

  Stephen Gardiner

  House, Age, Medieval

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fear, Savages, Credit

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.36, 谷月社

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• One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.

  John Berger

  Home, Men, Dwelling Place

  John Berger (2014). “And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos”, p.78, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.

  Adam Weishaupt

  Men, Race, House

  Adam Weishaupt (2016). “Contra Mundum”, p.333, Lulu Press, Inc

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• There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

  Richard E. Byrd

  Strength, Weakness, Used

  Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.189, Island Press

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• The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Civilization, House, Becoming

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1884). “Lord Beaconsfield on the Constitution: "What is He?" and "A Vindication of the English Constitution"”

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• Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

  Iris DeMent

  Writing, People, Emotion

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• Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot

  Self, House, Weakness

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot (Bishop of Durham) (1890). “Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy”

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• The relationship between man and space is none other than dwelling, strictly thought and spoken.

  Martin Heidegger

  Home, Men, Space

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• You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.

  Apolo Ohno

  Failure, Positivity, Ice Skating

  Apolo Ohno (2010). “Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday”, p.280, Simon and Schuster

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