A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One of the remarks made by farmers at their public discussion of these problems suggest that they are rapidly ceasing to think… — Kingsley Martin Copy Share Image
I don't think people were put here to be happy. I think if you decide to be an artist or a writer,… — Jim Steranko Copy Share Image
Your mind creates everything. Your conscious mind has much greater power than you can ever imagine. Your mind can create blessings or… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
We want to create, never mind the leaders or the bishops or chief rabbis or imams, or Popes. We want to create… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and… — Richie Ashburn Copy Share Image
Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present.… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
I don't mind violence, but it's quite an interesting thing for people to deal with. I don't know many people that like… — Antony Starr Copy Share Image
Unlike most heritages, Western civilization is not primarily a geographical place or a genetic bloodline. It is a state of mind. No… — Terri Runnels Copy Share Image
I'm as flighty as anybody. You put a lot out there. I've been through the process a lot. When I play a… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley. George's fingers groped for the side of his head. "Saintlike," he murmured. "What's wrong… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
To this day, she’s still sad. Because there’s not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Fight the good fight; and always call to mind that it is not you who are mortal, but this body of ours.… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
“Mind is pure and bright in its essence. It is always free from passions and mean desires, just as the sun is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The moment you frame your own awareness within a second level of self -consciousness is the moment your mind is most up… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
I started doing yoga in college, so that has just become a staple of a self-care routine for my mind and my… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
“No! He tried to shout out but the water surged into his mouth and lungs choking his cry. Then darkness. And nothingness.… — James L. Rubart Copy Share Image
You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you are suffering from your intemperance in eating or in drinking, we that are around you, or associated with you, are… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Courage is not a quality one normally associates with mathematicians. Yet it should apply to people who work in their attics in… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have been in love with Emily Dickinson's poetry since I was 13, and, like an anonymous post on findagrave.com says, 'Dear… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves,… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of 'I can' than 'I should' Technologists love to cram maximum functionality… — John Maeda Copy Share Image
“When the brain becomes too tired, the mind stops decrypting the perceptions in our mental world and surrenders willingly to the unguarded… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
You may dazzle the mind with a thousand brilliant discoveries of natural science; you may open new worlds of knowledge which were… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Most really good fiction is compelled into being. It comes from a kind of uncalculated innocence. You need not have your ending… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property… — Jonathan Culler Copy Share Image
In my mind, there is no question that they're out there. My Career is well established. My texts books are required reading… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Heartache is good. Accept it joyously. Allow it, don't repress it. The natural tendency of the mind is to repress anything that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To go straight to the deepest depth, I went for Hegel; what unclear thoughtless flow of words I was to find there!… — Ludwig Boltzmann Copy Share Image
Primeval forests! virgin sod! That Saxon has not ravish'd yet, Lo! peak on peak in stairways set- In stepping stairs that reach… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
You should never employ your intellect but only that it is not essential to exercise it in order to live a humane… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
These tenses-past, present and future-are not the tenses of time; they are tenses of the mind. That which is no longer before… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image