Top Symbolism Quotes

Traces of the same spiritual concepts and symbolism that enlighten the Egyptian texts are found all around the world among cultures that we can be certain were never in direct contact. Straightforward...

Trees lose their leaves in blizzards like these.

Symbolism Definition

(n.) The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.

(n.) A system of symbols or representations.

(n.) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.

(n.) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

(n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.

It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or situation, which influences your emotions and actions. Your choice is to change the meaning you gav...

Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate.

The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in such negligible quantity. The chief significance of the enterprise is therefore...

Like symbolism, decadence puts forth the idea that the function of literature is to evoke impressions and 'correspondences', rather than to realistically depict the world. ... the decadent aestheticiz...

We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols including those supplied by nature and religion, which touch up...

They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, 'Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic...

We're actors — we're the opposite of people!

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

But is the unicorn a falsehood? It's the sweetest of animals and a noble symbol. It stands for Christ and for chastity; it can be captured only by setting a virgin in the forest, so that the animal, c...

The morning weighs on my shoulders with the dreadful weight of hope and I take the blue envelope which Jacques has sent me and tear it slowly into many pieces, watching them dance in the wind, watchin...

Anytime you meditate, some electric jerks occur in your thigh...the symbol of premonition of an unpleasant event that has happened or will take place in future.

Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.

It is hard to explain just how a single sight of a tangible object with measurable dimensions could so shake and change a man; and we may only say that there is about certain outlines and entities a p...

Elsewhere Lankford reiterates that this belief system was by no means confined to the Plains, the Eastern Woodlands, and the Mississippi Valley. It is better understood, he argues, as part of 'a wides...

White for Shadowhunters is the color of funerals, Luke explained. But for mundanes, Jace, it’ s the color of weddings. Brides wear white to symbolize their purity.I thought Jocelyn said her dress was...

La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliersLaissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles ;L'homme y passe à travers des forêts de symbolesQui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

We’re in the hands of real magicians here, and real magicians know that with symbols. with the right symbols, with the right questions. they can lead you into initiating yourself. Provided, that is, y...