In 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Second President of the Republic of Texas and the Father of Texas education, declared: 'The cultivated… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When you face two options and each seems to please God, consider the one that displays God's glory, power and strength. This… — Priscilla Shirer Copy Share Image
“In these days Melissa's absorbed and provoking gentleness had all the qualities of a rediscovered youth. Her long uncertain fingers - I… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us. If I fell into a… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
“Well, I once lived in a town full of ambitious people, people who aspired to having, be it wealth or power. It… — Danny Scheinmann Copy Share Image
The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Desire itself is movement Not in itself desirable; Love is itself unmoving, Only the cause and end of movement, Timeless, and undesiring… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The greatest mission of woman is to give life, earth-life, through honorable marriage, to the waiting spirits, our Father's spirit children who… — Melvin J. Ballard Copy Share Image
Humility is a fertile soil where spirituality grows and produces the fruit of inspiration to know what to do. It gives access… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“We made love outdoors—without a roof, I like most, without stove, my favorite place, assuming the weather be fair and balmy, and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Socialism, communism, literally kills the lifeblood of opportunity and energy and creativity because there is no outlet for it, and yet all… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Yet the story of Orpheus, it occurs to me, is not just about the desire of the living to resuscitate the dead… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
When he turned back toward her, he kissed her deeply. "Don't ever doubt that I love you," he said, cupping her chin… — Jana Oliver Copy Share Image
I am sure that there are many Christians who will confess that their experience has been very much like my own-that we… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
Given that we desire long life, should we not take eternal life into account? If we long for a kingdom which, however… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“The point is not to resist painful experiences or grasp at pleasant ones: that's a kind of craving - and craving leads… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Reminiscing in the drizzle of Portland, I notice the ring that’s landed on your finger, a massive insect of glitter, a chandelier… — Jeffrey McDaniel Copy Share Image
It was only in the late nineteenth century and then the twentieth century, with the maturation of consumer capitalism, that a shift… — Rodney Clapp Copy Share Image
“Sebastian -“Actually, I mostly indulge my more basic desires whilst I am in London. I find this act comparable to enjoying a… — Lorraine Beaumont Copy Share Image
Perhaps if human desire is said out loud, the urban planes, the prisons, the architectural mirrors will take off, as airplanes do.… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“By means of poetry all this suffering and effort could be transformed into dream; no matter how much of the ephemeral existed,… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Your word determines your day, who you are, where you are and where you are bound. You are headed somewhere and God… — E. Bernard Jordan Copy Share Image
The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering."… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no long interval between the sense of thirst and the trickling of the stream over the parched lip; but ever… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The more successful you become, the more the demands of your ego will increase. In the beginning, you simply want to succeed,… — Gelek Rimpoche Copy Share Image
Perhaps the summary of good-breeding may be reduced to this rule. "Behave unto all men as you would they should behave unto… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving to know who we are. Yet who we are is… — Calvin Miller Copy Share Image
What would it be like to exist in a world without suffering? To have no needs, only desires? To be surrounded by… — Kirsten Miller Copy Share Image
I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want… — Stirling Moss Copy Share Image
“I inhale slowly, soaking it all in. I step forward and backward, my neck twisting and turning, memorizing every corner. I feel… — Corey M.P Copy Share Image
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay. And… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Movement has the capacity to take us to the home of the soul, the world within for which we have no name.… — Anna Halprin Copy Share Image
Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are… — William DeWitt Hyde Copy Share Image
“I'm drawn outside to the empty yard of the afternoon. The wind tosses thin snow that crackles against my neck. With open… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
