Signposts Quotes

• The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

  C. S. Lewis

  Thought Provoking, Religion, Literature

  The Screwtape Letters ch. 12 (1941)

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• I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.

  Max Born

  Philosophy, Believe, Philosophical

  "Experiment and Theory in Physics" by Max Born, (p. 44), 1943.

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• When we are lost in the woods, the sight of a signpost is a great matter.

  C. S. Lewis

  Sight, Woods, Matter

  C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

  Larry L. King

  Eye, Writing, Leaving

  Larry L. King (1987). “None but a blockhead: on being a writer”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Life is one big road with lots of signs,
  So when you riding through the ruts,
  Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy
  Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• To enjoy your goals, think of them as signposts, pointing you in a certain direction. They give you a focus and help your energy to get moving. The way you go is up to you; you can get very uptight focusing only on getting to your goal or you can relax and enjoy the entire journey, appreciating every unexpected bend and turn of the road, every new opportunity for learning and feeling.

  Shakti Gawain

  Moving, Opportunity, Journey

  Shakti Gawain (2010). “Reflections in the Light: Daily Thoughts and Affirmations”, New World Library

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• The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

  Maureen Johnson

  Inspirational, Funny, New Beginnings

  Maureen Johnson (2009). “The Key to the Golden Firebird”, Harper Collins

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• Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Turns

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• You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead—your next stop, the Twilight Zone.

  Rod Serling

  Twilight, Journey, Sight

  The Twilight Zone (television series), opening narration (1959)

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• Myths, legends and stories are the signposts previous generations have left us so we don't have to figure out our own personal journey in solitude!
  They have to be metaphorical, because their interpretation will be different for each individual life!

  Fred Van Lente

  Journey, Solitude, Different

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• You will say these are very small sins... [But] it does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed, the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Light, Doe

  The Screwtape Letters ch. 12 (1941)

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• All Christian language about the future is a set of signposts pointing into a mist.

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Language, Mist

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• I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them.

  Gail Godwin

  Dream, Believe, Dark

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• One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Long Distance Relationship, Light, Movement

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• The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.

  Louis Kronenberger

  Birthday, Age, Aging

  1954 Company Manners,'The Spirit of The Age'.

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• Publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them. They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.

  Virginia Woolf

  Running, Tombstone, Cutting

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.2645, Delphi Classics

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• Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

  James Buchan

  Doe, Purpose, Warning

  "The role of snow" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2007.

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• The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.

  Yul Vazquez

  Wish, Want, Able

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• There are no signposts in the sea.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Sea, Choices

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• We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

  Douglas Hurd

  Favour, Politician, Should

  "Escaping from History". Speech in Berlin, www.kas.de. April 18, 2005.

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• Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That’s it. That’s my heart.

  Haruki Murakami

  Rain, Heart, Rivers

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Nov 04, 2015

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• A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content.

  David Puttnam

  Technology, Links, Steps

  "David Puttnam Says Links to Illegal Download Sites Should Be Deleted" by Stuart Kemp, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 19, 2012.

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• The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Cutting, Promise, Pieces

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2011). “The Will to Power”, p.718, Vintage

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• Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart.

  Haruki Murakami

  Heart, News, Flood Likes

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• Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

  Margot Asquith

  Imaginative, Symbols

  Margot Asquith (1933). “More Memories”

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