By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
“In a sense, this is the ultimate validation of capitalism. Its psychological requirements are also the requirements of life and happiness. It… — Edith Packer Copy Share Image
We must always respect the preciousness of human life and the preciousness of time -- both our own and that of others. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
After I'm done with MMA, I probably will work on rewiring my brain, maybe finding more value in human life. Maybe trying… — Sean Strickland Copy Share Image
I have great respect for human life. My decision to take human life at the Murrah Building – I did not do… — Timothy McVeigh Copy Share Image
. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“Every human life has many aspects. The past of each one of us can be just as easily arranged into the biography… — Milan Kundera Laughable Loves Copy Share Image
Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I would probably have to say that reading fiction — those stories fill the space that other people might use religious stories… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. ... Right now, I… — Betty Williams Copy Share Image
Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“Your blood's a testament to that long line of troubling history; it's nothing you can't handle. The president-elect of the United States… — Chip Livingston Copy Share Image
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Aspirations must be pure and free of selfishness. Arising from the depths of the soul, aspirations are spiritual demands penetrating all of… — Mas Oyama Copy Share Image
We can't just rail against crime. We must speak of the root problems - devastating family breakup, an insidious culture of violence… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
“Beauty is an illusion, created by Mother Nature to drive the human species in the path of reproduction. In reality, beauty is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The truth is that we're drowning in busywork, nonproductive work, everything from "creative" banking and insurance bureaucracies to the pointless shuffling of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages the king offered protection to his subjects in return for their loyalty, and the subjects were doubly protected,… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“This is not (as you have charged) to paint religion with a broad brush. I am very quick to distinguish gradations of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“I'm glad you brought it up. I wasn't sure how to approach you about it, but this makes it easier for both… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“Desert which is immense and from above light brown or red vast rivulets of sand with no human life. As the only… — Leslie Scalapino Copy Share Image
We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I want to create a culture of life where every innocent human life is welcome to the world. I know those are… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
For while directly we say that it [the length of human life] is ages long, we are reminded that it is briefer… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of… — Ralph Davis Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on… — Saxby Chambliss Copy Share Image
An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be -… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“Manliness is not mere courage, it is the quality of soul which frankly accepts all conditions in human life, and makes it… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Human life [is] ... a process of filling in time until the arrival of death, or Santa Claus, with very little choice,… — Eric Berne Copy Share Image
There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human… — Beatrice M. Hinkle Copy Share Image
“History is as light as individual human life, unbearably light, light as a feather, as dust swirling into the air, as whatever… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for… — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Copy Share Image
“What if we could somehow package the human genome in tiny capsules and send millions of them into space in hopes one… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The capability of human life is beyond our imagination. What counts is the human capacity to investigate and transform our own mind… — Gelek Rimpoche Copy Share Image
“Stories are a basic constituent of human life; they are, in fact, one key element within the total construction of a worldview.… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image