Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“Can’t help it? Nonsense! What we are is up to us. Our bodies are like gardens and our willpower is like the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“You must believe so strong and without a doubt that you can and will fulfill your dreams and gain your desires. You… — Alan O'Brien Copy Share Image
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step is to… — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people with obsessive qualities, and there's a positive and negative part to it. There's the appeal of… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“It would be hard to imagine someone who expected a greater awareness of and more catering to his peculiar whims, rhythms, prejudices,… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
There is a way of the Spirit unknown to the natural mind. No barrier can keep you from finding His best except… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes.… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
"Our kingdom go" is the necessary and unavoidable corollary of 'Thy kingdom come.' For the more there is self, the less there… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
“I've an insatiable craving inside me that consumes everything and makes me regard the sufferings and joys of others only in their… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
Within the context of the clubs, and perhaps the sex business as a whole, the issue of race becomes very complicated because… — Craig Seymour Copy Share Image
Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of… — Russ Roberts Copy Share Image
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
When therefore the first spark of a desire after God arises in thy soul, cherish it with all thy care, give all… — William Law Copy Share Image
What I wonder most about the Anthropocene is not when did it start - but when, and how, will it end? Will… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I am touched by the fierce desire for education, and the outpouring of hospitality and… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Man knows that there are in the soul tints more bewildering, more numberless, and more nameless that the colors of an autumn… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The golden rule of business is supply and demand. I venture to say that this is also the rule of happiness. When… — Caroline Adderson Copy Share Image
“Strong Mercy: My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; and this… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own,… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost -… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
I learned that money can be a lot of things,It can be something that is hoarded, fought over, protected, stolen and withheld.… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
A surprise to others, but not to me, since I've watched this closely for eight years now, is how George W. Bush… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
It is no easy task to walk this earth and find peace. Inside of us, it would seem, something is at odds… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
“The desire for glory is no different from that instinct for preservation that is common to all creatures. It is as if… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Who shot you?" For a moment he looked annoyed. "I fail to see what that's got to do with anything. Reading assures… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
“Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us. To gallop intemperately; fall on the sand tired… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
In every age he had ever studied, doomsayers abounded. No millennium is attractive to the man immured in it; enough prophecies have… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
“If the one thing was right, everything elses must surely be right; the thing was axiomatic. It was true that happiness had… — Dorothy Sayers Copy Share Image
The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way… — Confucius Copy Share Image
