Sweet, she thought. He must think I can't bear to hear him say it. That after all I have told him and… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Kill off the sacred bear. Kill off the ancestral crocodile. Kill off the myth-wrapped tiger. Kill off the lion. You haven't conquered… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the… — Peter Damian Copy Share Image
Evil grows and bears fruit, which is understandable, because it has logic and probability on its side and also, of course, strength.… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
“One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
We must always bear in mind that the primary purpose of our work, is not to get persons to join the church… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise.… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
There are landscapes and species that are not going to be here a hundred years from now, fifty years from now. One… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You gave Briar over to them?” We fell into step back toward our own camp. “Az explained the state you found her… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
For a moment Clary thought she might fall; she felt as if something essential had been torn away from her, an arm… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
At the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
Cold completely introspective logic places a philosopher on the road to the abstract. Out of this empty, artificial act of thinking there… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
This is the gospel. The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son,… — David Platt Copy Share Image
Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Then Christ will say to us, 'Come you also! Come you drunkards! Come you weaklings! Come you depraved!' And he will say… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Yes, this life is passing swiftly; our days seem to fade quickly; and death appears frightening at times. Nevertheless, our spirit will… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat And… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
“[T]o read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader's own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something… — Enid Blyton Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Inspired by John Muir's A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, John Davis walks, bikes, and kayaks on a 'voyage of recovery' from… — Michael Brune Copy Share Image
Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. Fear cuts deeper… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I remember hearing that the spirit was always next to you, so I would always make room in my bed for the… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
The urban barbarism that has turned our streets into battlegrounds and our classrooms into killing fields will not be stopped by an… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Marriage is the truest goal for ninety-nine per cent of the human race, and they will live the happiest life as soon… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image