Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
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It [doesn't matter] what you look like, where you come from, or what you do for a living. All that matters is… — Janine Shepherd Copy Share Image
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Life is a whirlwind of many opportunities. Choose to embrace all of them in deepest gratitude. Learn to forgive yourself and honour… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Though aware that there is nothing in the universe that suggests any purpose for humanity, one way that we can find a… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Somebody said recently that the best thing a student could do was to get in some shows and publish a book; but… — Henry Holmes Smith Copy Share Image
Past humanity is not only implicit in each new man born but is contained in him. Humanity is an ever-widening spiral and… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
“[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
I'm interested in stories which insist on a dog fails-to-eat-dog kind of world. I hate misanthropy, want to believe that there's a… — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
“If misery results within you, it is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts one’s own self) and when someone suffers from painful result… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I urge all Connecticut residents to reflect on the sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation during World War II. In the aftermath… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
If you have only education and knowledge and a lack of the other side, then you may not be a happy person,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I am grateful for the 30 years of my work and the way it has influenced humanity, especially all the books that… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
Universal peace as a result of cumulative effort through centuries past might come into existence quickly - not unlike a crystal that… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated.… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
It is critical to realize that underlying the extermination of nature is the marginalization of human beings. If we are to save… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
We, the Black people of America, were chosen by Allah: Not to be "special" in the sense that we are better than… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
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The whole system is under tremendous strain. Although the increasing pace of change is essential for developing new solutions, it is also… — Franz Josef Radermacher Copy Share Image
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The highest art is where has been most perfectly breathed the sentiment of humanity...Some persons suppose that landscape has no power of… — George Inness Copy Share Image
Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
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In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
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