Here is a varied selection of philosophical, literary and spiritual quotations relating to stones,
as well as their authors for the most part.
- “Amethyst has the power to dispel evil thoughts and refine the mind”. – Leonardo da Vinci
- “I believe in the memory of stones. They absorb the echo of conversations and thoughts. – Sylvain Tesson
- “Life will put stones in your path. It’s up to you to decide whether to turn them into walls or bridges. – Coluche
- “A stone has no hope of being anything other than a stone, but by working together it becomes a temple“. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- “The drops that keep falling wear out the rock”. – Proverb
- “When a man applies himself, even stones burn. – Daniel Pennac
- “God sleeps in minerals, dreams in plants, wakes in animals, thinks and loves in man. – Father Monier
- “Old people are all beautiful. Like rocks, they crystallise and shine. – Catherine Hermary-Vieille
- “To write a novel is to accumulate the scattered stones and beams of reality. – Sophie Chérer
- “The stars shine in the sky like a carpet of precious stones on the dark velvet of the night. – Unknown
- “Happiness is not a large diamond, it is a mosaic of small stones harmoniously arranged. – Alphonse Karr
- “Radium. A heat-producing mineral which stimulates in the scientist the organ which makes him stupid.” – Ambrose Bierce
- “A harmonious combination of bone, flesh and hair that unites the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms. – Boris Vian
- “You’ve thrown the stones from your garden into other people’s gardens and, to add to them, you’ve demolished a bit of your own wall. – Jules Renard
- “Rocks remember. – Neil Armstrong
- “If you wish your child to lead an honourable life, you must not remove the stones from his path, but teach him to walk on them with confidence.” – Anne Brontë
- “Like a gold digger, I can only pass on to posterity the precious ore I have extracted”. – Constantin Stanislavski
- “These little memories are like stones in my pocket, weighing me down. – Kaouther Adimi
- “Even a rock will eventually give way under the perseverance of water”. – Chinese proverb
- “Reason does not illuminate all diamonds”. – William Congreve
- “The soul of a diamond is light”. – Joseph Joubert
- “The precious stone redoubles its brilliance when rubbed”. – Joost Van Den Vondel
- “God created man as a marvellous precious stone in which all creation is reflected”. – Hildegard of Bingen
- “Not only does the ruby belong to the top category of coloured gems, but even among precious stones it occupies first place.” – Edwin Streeter
- “All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the autobiography of the oyster. – Federico Fellini
- “Beauty, inalterability and rarity are the cardinal virtues of a perfect gemstone”. – Dr G.F. Herbert Smith
- “The mind is eclipsed by the mind, like a Diamond by another Diamond.” – William Congreve
- “My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not adorned with diamonds and Indian stones…”. – William Shakespeare
- “There is nothing like the strength of man’s love for his land, his mountains, his rocks, his stones.” – Unknown
- “Complain about being a man and not a tree or a rock”. – Proverb
- “Sensitivity is a sign of evolution. He whose sensitivity diminishes returns to animals, plants, stones.” – Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
- “A civilisation is built by the successive contributions of generations, each building on the other like the stones of an edifice. – Unknown
- “Sometimes you have to break the rock to find the diamond.” – Unknown
- “Nothing protects like a wall of stones built by yourself”. – Proverb
- “The ancient stones look at me, I see their sneer. – Arthur Koestler
- “The wise stones of churches radiate a mantic force. – Sylvain Tesson
- “Rock water has the flavour of clear styles”. – Alfred Capus
- “Genius is like a diamond: it shines in the shadows”. – Xavier Forneret
- “I start with four or five strong ideas… which I work on like a basic ore”. – Dan Franck
- “This old Parisian land is a deposit of events… everything there is ore for the philosopher.” – Victor Hugo
- “Like jade, it takes many lives to be polished”. – Asian proverb
- “I never go on a diet. The only weight I’m interested in is diamonds. – Mae West
- “The wild stones of the caves radiate a mysterious force”. – Sylvain Tesson
- “You should never throw stones at a woman, only precious ones”. – Gabriel Domergue
- “Rocks are silent witnesses to the passage of time. – Unknown
- “Stones bear the marks of irresistible power. – Octavio Paz
- “Make sure these stones never get to the building site. No stone, no construction. No building, no palace. No palace… no palace.” – Alain Chabat (Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra)
- “Stones are part of the path”. – Romanian proverb
- “We can throw stones, complain about them, trip over them, climb over them, or use them to build.” – William Arthur Ward
- “The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little extra. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones”. – Confucius
- “When I find myself alone, in front of my pillars, my walls and my cornices, I let a look of love fall on these silent stones. – Marc Dugain
- “The regret of my sun poured over the waves… in front of his three-stone fireplace.” – René Depestre
- “Art is the language of sensations, whether in words, colours, sounds or stones”. – Robert Musil
- “To write, you have to take yourself back. To be able to hear the stones laughing if you want to grasp your own voice”. – Christian Bobin
- “Civilisation means knowing how to extract order from stone, as did the sculptor Gaudier-Brzeska, who saw lines and shapes come to life in anonymous pieces of marble left over by stonecutters. – Adriano Scianca
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