The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Art is a high calling - fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
“By the second day, the song lyrics had faded, but in their place came darker irritations. Gradually, I started to become aware… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Your eyes have turned as black as a Crow’s,” she blurted out. He didn’t even blink over her bizarre comment. “Not this… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient. From their endless rough-housing with each other,… — Adele Faber Copy Share Image
“That was the main thing wrong with Mrs. Kamal. She spent such an extraordinary amount of mental energy feeling irritated that it… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hmph," said Sharon . "Did you know that the numbers three and seven are sacred to vampires? There are seven vampire sects."… — Michele Bardsley Copy Share Image
But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
My encounter with another world and another culture and the beginnings of an attachment to them had set up an irritation, barely… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I spent the morning smashing fliesI killed one fly against the doorjamb. Another I stalked into the kitchen...A third fly wavered by… — Bonnie Friedman Copy Share Image
“Aristotle have shown how the principle of mutual fear actively binds men into the contracts that support the political commonwealth, and how… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
