Nature's law says that the strong must prevent the weak from living, but only in a newspaper article or textbook can this… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Every time, it’s the same thing, I feel like crying, my throat goes all tight and I do the best I can… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
[This approach] displays the characteristic philosophical lust to vanquish the skeptic by arguing him out of his skepticism, without appeal to moral… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
There are television sets in every home, every restaurant, every hotel room, every shopping mall-now they’re even small enough to carry in… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“We fail to take responsibility, to act productively in the interest of ourselves and others. And in our attempts at a better… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“And he thought about the Devil, in whom he did not believe, and he looked around at the two windows where the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“By the 1980s, the wristwatch had become, as York University humanities professor Douglas Freake dubs it, “perhaps the most important cybernetic device… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
My job, as an actor, is to entertain people. My contribution to society is to be a respite from everyday life. People… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
“THIS BOOK DOES not claim to be an account of facts and events but of personal experiences, experiences which millions of prisoners… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Sometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once. 'There is a bridge that links what I do… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“With the birth of Akash, in his sudden, perfect presence, Ruma had felt awe for the first time in her life. He… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“This is not an academic book. I have not written it for professional theologians. I have tried to write a practical book… — Jack S. Deere Copy Share Image
“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
“It’s like when you’re flying in an airplane. Whenever severe turbulence comes along, the seatbelt keeps you from getting thrown around the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
In the history of humanity there are no civilizations or cultures which fail to manifest, in one or a thousand ways, this… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“For instance, supposing that the planet earth were not a sphere but a gigantic coffee table, how much difference in everyday life… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Ere long, however, the daemon was wrestling with him once more; he was seized by that “terrible spirit of unrest” which drove… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
A tower of illusion, all of it, made of illusory bricks and full of holes. If life were made up only of… — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
A symptomatic example of the way in which violence has saturated everyday life can be seen in the increased acceptance of criminalizing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
If there is a central theme to what I called "a peaceful warrior's approach to living," and to The Four Purposes of… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The relationship between the United States and Mexico goes over and beyond the relationship between two governments. This is a relationship that… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative,… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I chose to write about food: food is inherently political, but it's also an essential part of people's real lives. It's where… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the… — Arnold Adoff Copy Share Image
“Perseverance in everyday life often looks different. It is softer, quieter, sometimes simply about showing up. It is getting out of bed… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image
One of the stories I love is how Gutenberg’s printing press set off this interesting chain reaction, where all of a sudden… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Addiction begins in the interaction of these three lower bodies. Your mind builds images, stories and projections around the desires of the… — Richard Rudd Copy Share Image
“If you want to reach the non-everyday, you’ll either have to move somewhere else or get into more “underground” things. But once… — Ryohgo Narita Copy Share Image
Life is made up of meetings and partings. People come into your life everyday, you say good morning, you say good evening,… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“Political emancipation is a reduction of man, on the one hand to a member of civil society, an independent and egoistic individual,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The media is in the business of finding exceptions to everyday life. Bad things are still the exception. That's good, because once… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
“Germany, a country with a tradition of strong commitment to public funding for culture, has a statement which clearly refers to non-economic… — Suzanne Keene Copy Share Image
“Next Christmas he was going to open this shabby sack of hers... and put something in the money compartment. She would fritter… — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
Modernism was a big thing for me, coming from a father who was very interested in art, music and culture - and… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
“There is probably something good in every religion, the important thing is how you practice it. And this is when I found… — Lars Von Trier Copy Share Image
“Paying attention matters in the smaller moments in everyday life, too: driving to work, short conversations by phone, clearing a few e-mails,… — Margaret Moore Copy Share Image
“I can easily believe that there are more invisible creatures in the universe than visible ones. But who will tell us to… — Thomas Burnet Copy Share Image