A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When a reader falls in love with a book, it leaves its essence inside him, like radioactive fallout in an arable field,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One of my recent acquisitions. It is called a medicine bag, from one of the native tribes of North America. A fascinating… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
If we don't know ourselves, our essence, where our true power comes from, we will believe our power comes from collecting victories,… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
The totalitarian attempt at global conquest and total domination has been the destructive way out of all impasses. Its victory may coincide… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“There is no conflict between the individual and the social instincts, any more than there is between the heart and the lungs:… — Nick Riggle Copy Share Image
Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to circulate the… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The task is not primarily to have a story, but to penetrate the story, to discard the elements of it that are… — Deborah Eisenberg Copy Share Image
The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
We are in the process of making the English language gender-neutral, and manliness, the quality of one gender, or rather, of one… — Harvey Mansfield Copy Share Image
The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery, on the other hand, is demanded and pursued… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
It has been said that true religion will make a man a more thorough gentleman than all the courts in Europe. And… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought a great… — Robert Twigger Copy Share Image
To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability)… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human. The purpose of religion… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must have faith, first, that the peasant masses are ready to advance step by step along the road of socialism under… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“The essence of education is, in the words of William James, to teach a person what deserves to be valued, to impart… — William J. Bennett Copy Share Image
Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
The common ground where the activities of God and man become one is the motive of perfect love; for in the last… — Frank C. Lockwood Copy Share Image
love is so very subtle an essence, such an indefinable metaphysical marvel, that its due force, though very cruelly felt by the… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
[her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
We may express them [emotions] physically slightly differently, and it's of course graded depending on the circumstance, but the essence of the… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
You are energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy just changes form. And that means You! The true essence of… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
Everyone is wounded. No one is healthy enough to never screw up, when you're in combat. But, I like to show that,… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The real essence of any marriage that has struggled, however unsuccessfully, towards happiness, lies in the growth of a wordless understanding that… — Wallis Simpson Copy Share Image
What is so intriguing about this interplay between technology and the human imagination is that here we are dealing with the equation.… — Nevill Drury Copy Share Image
The essence of the expert is that his field shall be very special and narrow: one of the ways in which he… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
The essence of what exists in the U.S. is not democracy but capitalism - imperialism. What the U.S. spreads around the world… — Bob Avakian Copy Share Image
We have no participation in Being, because all human nature is ever midway between being born and dying, giving off only a… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
From the body of the unborn essence arises the sphere of light, and from that sphere of light arises wisdom. From the… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Whenever a few people are gathered with a spiritual impulse to connect, to resonate through the heart, to make a shift from… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Think day and night, I am of the essence of that Supreme Existence, Knowledge, Bliss-what fear and anxiety have I? This body,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those… — August Macke Copy Share Image
Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
![“A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,” so to speak, to [God's] creative love. It is expressing an idea which is in God and which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree imitates God by being a tree” quote by Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d5f/thomas-merton-231_consent_a-tree-gives-glory-to-god-by-being-a-tre_2294763.jpg)
![“[her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from a dropper could be dripped onto it causing its color and essence to become visible, it would take the shape of this sentence: Why does no one want me?” quote by Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b0/steve-martin-593_blackness_her-mind-blackens-the-blackness-is-not-a_2060568.jpg)
![“We may express them [emotions] physically slightly differently, and it's of course graded depending on the circumstance, but the essence of the process is going to be the same, unless one of us is not quite well put together and is missing something, otherwise it's going to be the same.” quote by Antonio Damasio](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/461/antonio-damasio-9144_circumstances_we-may-express-them-emotions-physically_245207.png)
