Egyptian Goddess

Famous quotes containing the words egyptian and/or goddess:

    “What greater light can be hoped for in the moral sciences? The subject part of mankind in most places might, instead thereof, with Egyptian bondage expect Egyptian darkness, were not the candle of the Lord set up by himself in men’s minds, which it is impossible for the breath or power of man wholly to extinguish.”
    —John Locke (1632–1704)

    “The Minoan Snake Goddess is flanked by a Chardin still-life, somber
    and tranquil, and by Mohammedan angels
    brilliantly clothed and with multicolored wings....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)