In the current era, more than prodigies in mathematics, science, athletics, or art, I believe we need prodigies of good character and… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
He felt safe with her. He'd never been safe with another human being, not since he'd been taken as a child from… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
My parents, who were Communists, always pretended to be American patriots. You can always convince yourself you are: 'I love America, I… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Ladies, you may not realize this, understand this, or even believe this, but everything else we do is ultimately for you. Men… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Despite the modern dogma to the effect that women were a subject sex until the nineteenth century 'emancipated' them from history, women… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting of ice crystals in the thin air. He let his… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Disguise is central to God's way of dealing with us human beings. Not because God is playing games with us but because… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
What many people don't see is that there are abundant examples of phenomenal opacity: It is one of the most interesting features… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
the more i live, the more i realize what strange creatures human beings are. some of them might just as well have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As I stand over the insect crawling amid the pine needles on the forest floor, and endeavoring to conceal itself from my… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the character of… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
It was before Deity embodied in a human form walking among men, partaking of their infirmities, leaning on their bosoms, weeping over… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many things that human words have upset are set at rest again by the silence of animals. Animals move through the world… — Max Picard Copy Share Image
“What if the preacher or father’s saying ‘Someone here’s lost and hopeless’ was tantamount to those Sun-Times horoscopes that are specially designed… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
In every human being one or the other of these two instincts is predominant: the active or positive instinct to offer hospitality,… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Science offers the boldest metaphysics of the age. It is a thoroughly human construct, driven by the faith that if we dream,… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
If any value is deeply evolutionarily familiar, it is reproductive success. If any value is truly unnatural, if there is one thing… — Satoshi Kanazawa Copy Share Image
Schools were designed by Horace Mann and Barnard Sears and Harper of the University of Chicago and Thorndyke of Columbia Teachers College… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The task of a philosophy of photography is to reflect upon this possibility of freedom - and thus its significance - in… — Vilém Flusser Copy Share Image
Every living thing, animal or human, or tree experiences that which is called death, with no exception. You've all accepted that one… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen. Instead of avoiding… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Diets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunatic…The promise of a diet is… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
We are not just scientists, but human beings as well. Like most people we’d like to see the world a better place,… — Stephen Schneider Copy Share Image
I'm committed to the idea that one of the few things human beings have to offer is the richness of unconscious and… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
there was something about that city, though it didn't let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Humans who see something different than them want to hate it and tear it down. Britain had a government policy that allowed… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
Life is all about evolution. What looks like a mistake to others has been a milestone in my life. Even if people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Religions have found that if you behave in a certain way, if you sort of perform certain rituals that expand your mind… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
