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Whither is fled the visionary gleam? Where is it now, the glory and the dream? — William Wordsworth

Whither do I call Thee, since I am in Thee? or whence canst Thou enter into — Augustine Of Hippo

Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself? — Saint Augustine

Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them? — Arthur Hugh Clough

A man never rises higher than when he does not know whither his path can still lead him. — Oliver Cromwell

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
[Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent ou l'on veut aller.] — Blaise Pascal

A breeze passes in the night. When did it spring up? Whence does it come? Whither is it going? No man knows. — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. But I remember now (70) I am in this earthly world, where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime — William Shakespeare

A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds ... — Ralph Waldo Emerson

God is not a being among other beings, but the infinite Whither that makes possible the very functioning of our human spirit. — Elizabeth A. Johnson

Whither will my path yet lead me? This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it. — Hermann Hesse

The human mind has to ask "Who, what, whence, whither, why am I?" And it is very doubtful if the human mind can answer any of these questions. — R.D. Laing

Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it. — Max Planck

Whither thou know'est thy ass from thy elbow — J.R. Ward

I depart, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. — Lord Byron

This Life is a fleeting breath, And whither and how shall I go, When I wander away with Death By a path that I do not know. — Louise Chandler Moulton

Paradise is a center whither the souls of all men are proceeding, each sect in its particular road. — Napoleon Bonaparte

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. — Abraham Lincoln

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going. — Oliver Cromwell

A man never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going. The desire to eliminate uncertainty eliminates life. — William Deresiewicz

Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads. — Socrates

We must ask where we are and whither we are tending. — Abraham Lincoln

This characteristic of Dasein's being this "that it is" is veiled in its "whence" and "whither. — Martin Heidegger

A perfect piece of architecture kindles that aimless reverie, which bears the soul we know not whither. — Madame De Stael

A man never goes so far as when he does not know whither he is going. — Oliver Cromwell

Whither should we aim if not towards God? — Andre Gide

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate. — Thornton Wilder

But I shall follow the endless, winding way, - the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land. — Herman Melville

I know not whence I came, nor whither I go, nor who I am. — Erwin Schrodinger

Whither thou goest... — Neil Gaiman

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews! — Coventry Patmore

Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,
whither it flows back again. — John Sterling

But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader. — Edmund Burke

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia. — Robert E.Lee

People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go. — Ramsey Clark

When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, [I] submit myself to my instinct to decide for me. — Henry David Thoreau

Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where. — Robert Bridges

a new chill from afar out whither the condor had flown, as if my flesh had caught a horror before my eyes had seen it. Nor — H.P. Lovecraft

No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes. — Sabine Baring-Gould

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going. — David Starr Jordan

Let the winds blow! a fiercer gale
Is wild within me! what may quell
That sullen tempest? I must sail
Whither, O whither, who can tell! — Edmund Clarence Stedman

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car at night? — Jack Kerouac

Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither He would have us go. — Henry Ward Beecher

There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will. — John Donne

Whither thou goest, I will go. — Cassandra Clare

Resolved to go with bold entreaty whither no man had gone before, and dare the — H.P. Lovecraft

I don't know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that's by the Constitution. — William Howard Taft

this saying of Ecclesiastes: "Who knoweth whither the soul of the animal goeth? — Victor Hugo

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence? — Horace

Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go. — Blaise Pascal

Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Whither right and glory lead) — Elizabeth II

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go. — Blaise Pascal

How now, spirit! Whither wander you? — William Shakespeare

Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. — Johann Kaspar Lavater