His interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures testify to the depth of Sri Yukteswarji's command of the philosophy, both Eastern and Western, and remain as an eye-opener for the unity between Orient and Occident.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Those who know me most intimately, and those who have the goodness sometimes to give me the above advice, know that I always receive it with all the joy that could be expected, and with all reverence of mind that could be desired.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld
All trips, both east and west, are routed over the spectacular Going-to-the-Sun Highway and Logan Pass. H2 anchor TRANSPORTATION
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior
Where government rules and operations were unnecessary, they have been eliminated, as with airline, rail, trucking and financial deregulation.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Jimmy Carter
Into it leaped six breech-clouted Santa Cruz boys, each armed with a rifle.
— from A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
The method of carrying out this great object is by employing agents, who are required to give their whole time to the work, without engaging in any secular concerns of life; and regarding the operation of the work so done, I must say that great good has resulted from the enterprise.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew
Belalcázar entered alone, with a rueful countenance, [190] and said that he was astonished at what had been communicated to him with reference to returning to his government.
— from The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza de León
[197] CHAPTER XIV AN EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY Every American will always remember that winter of 1917 as being one of extreme unrest.
— from The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors by Nell Speed
His disciples worship the divine ape, Hanuman[76] (conspicuous in both epics), as well as R[=a]ma.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins
But Henry had gone down the hall after a drink of water, and when he had got back everything apparently was all right.
— from The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
[Pg 138] Lights glimmered here and there in the houses of South Park, but the Randolphs’ was blank; everybody, apparently, was at rest.
— from A Daughter of the Vine by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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