I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
One of the things that's been crazy for us has been the speed at which news can break on Digg, because it's… — Kevin Rose Copy Share Image
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Death is a stage in human progress, to be passed as we would pass from childhood to youth, or from youth to… — Edmund Sears Copy Share Image
I have to make decisions that people are a little confused about, in a way, and I just express the appreciation, admiration… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
The name that no human research can discover-- But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Know why people run marathons? …Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art,… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
Wherever the deaf have received an education the method by which it is imparted is the burning question of the day with… — George Veditz Copy Share Image
“I had no idea what humans were capable of. I heard they were crafty, but how are they able to do such… — Patrick Jennings Copy Share Image
Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically , the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically , it is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Excess consumption doesn't make people happy. We can continue to provide for our needs, but we can't continue the endless pursuit of… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I don't think the soul is immortal, or at least not immortal in individuals, but it may be immortal as an aspect… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Here, where we reach the sphere of mathematics, we are among processes which seem to some the most inhuman of all human… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Two pure souls fused into one by an impassioned love-friends, counselors-a mutual support and inspiration to each other amid life's struggles, must… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Education is ... the invitation to disentangle oneself, for a time, from the urgencies of the here and now and to listen… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott Copy Share Image
He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
The fundamental thing about human languages is that they can and should be used to describe something; and this something is, somehow,… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I reserve my greatest admiration for those who continue to struggle to embrace the whole impossible tangle of snakes that is our… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I increasingly wonder whether most humans are in a constant state of unconsciously fearing each other. Perhaps they fear how intimately different… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The Gospel of the army is cunning, as of all other human activities. The wisdom of the snake under the meekness of… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is.… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
For eighteen centuries every engine of destruction that human science, philosophy, wit, reasoning or brutality could bring to bear against a book… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Despite official drivel about clean bombs and tactical nuclear weapons, anyone who can read a newspaper or listen to a radio knows… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Seeing yourself reflected on screen is a very important part of being human. It makes us feel less alone, it make us… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Man is full of energy; it is up to him how to use it! You can use your energy to do harm… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
