Halos quotes
41 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty."
"Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end."
"I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him."
"The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo."
"I want to paint men and women with that something of the external which the halo used to symbolize, and which we now seek to give by the actual radiance and vibrancy of our colorings."
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"I walked 500 miles just to see a halo, when I opened my eyes I was blind as can be."
