“Remember that which is written: "Moderate strength rings the bell: great strength returns the penny." It is always the little bit extra… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
There was one of his lonelinesses coming, one of those times when he walked the streets or sat, aimless and depressed, biting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In accordance with the prarabdha of each, the One whose function it is to ordain makes each to act. What will not… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts.… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The nation as such is not a large subject that has needs, that works, practices economy, and consumes. . . . Thus… — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
When it comes to the Yellow Races overruning the world, you may laugh ... [The Chinese] have neither the foresight or endurance… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
We are often struck by the force and precision of style to which hard-working men, unpracticed in writing, easily attain when required… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Americans are known for their strength, fortitude, and generosity in times of need. We encourage people in the U.S. and everywhere to… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in… — Stan Moore Copy Share Image
The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to...the warmth of community,… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I hope there will be no effort to put up a shaft or any monument of that sort in memory of me… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Often, when following the trail which meanders over the hills, I pull myself up in an effort to encompass the glory and… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and… — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
We are learning all the time - about the world and about ourselves. We learn without knowing that we are learning and… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
Organization is simply the means by which the acts of ordinary men can be made to add up to extraordinary results. To… — William Wickenden Copy Share Image
She carried within herself a great fund of life, and her deepest enjoyment was to feel the continuity between the movement of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
'Celluloid' is set in the 1930s. During the decade, the folk-classical genre seems to have been in vogue. It didn't take much… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
It takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds. Some people… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. The administration's war on leaks and other… — Leonard Downie, Jr Copy Share Image
The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment… — Ruth J. Simmons Copy Share Image
NSEERS was so poorly conceived and badly managed that it created chaos and fear. Trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement… — James Zogby Copy Share Image
The soaring, imaginative minds of men, constructing lofty, shimmering piles of abstract thought, and taking as their postulate a revelation from God,… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The only people who are afraid of file sharing are the people whose albums are so dull presentation-wise that nobody cares about… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes -… — Robert Hormats Copy Share Image
Maybe now, instead of being afraid and saying, 'Look how hard Terry tried, and he still got cancer,' instead people will say,… — Terry Fox Copy Share Image
Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed, at its aspect everyone may create romance at… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
“People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
While our institutional mission and destiny are not in doubt, how we each participate and understand our individual responsibilities requires constant attention,… — Cecil O. Samuelson Copy Share Image
Back then and later on when I was in NEU! and Harmonia I was too much preoccupied with my own music to… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very clear signal… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
What I've been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first film, 'Spanking The Monkey',… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image