When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Work is external to the worker. . . . It is not part of his nature; consequently he does not fulfill himself… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“I repeat: there is no place for monsters in civilized society. If such creatures roam the earth, they do so out on… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“He never read a book but often thought about God; it was unavoidable, a matter of simplicity and awe. The starry sky,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth. There was no moon. The… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“In the seeker-church movement the emphasis away from the use and explication of creedal confession is obvious, since the whole point is… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
The rise of statism in our time is the natural result of the longing of godless, unchurched people for some kind of… — Sam Shoemaker Copy Share Image
He, who is gone, was one of the very kindest friends I possessed, and yet he was not kinder perhaps to me,… — John Keats Copy Share Image
As in nature, as in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones their… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
The love of action is a principle of a much stronger and more doubtful nature. It often leads to anger, to ambition,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Holding as we do that, while knowledge of any kind is a thing to be honoured and prized, one kind of it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever… — John Muir Copy Share Image
The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“{ The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll 's funeral, quoted here } Whereas, in the order of nature -- that nature which… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language is not in its obstructiveness. Exclusively viewed… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“I call you Angel because, I honestly believe that God put an Angel on this earth just for me,” he admitted, cupping… — Kirsty Moseley Copy Share Image
Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Dr. Walsh then listed eight lifestyle factors that have been shown to contribute to healthy aging. These include exercise, diet, time in… — Lewis Richmond Copy Share Image
“The abnegation of empathy in the case of something as complex and variable as sexual taste is a dangerous thing. The particular… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“The equality prescribed by the Revolution is simply the weak man's revenge upon the strong; it's just what we saw in the… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
“Jerusalem is the house of the one God, the capital of two peoples, the temple of three religions and she is the… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
I believe that religious witness should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decision is inherently private in nature… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
While we tend to equate motherhood solely with maternity, in the Lord’s language, the word 'mother' has layers of meaning...Mothe rhood is… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Trade is now clearly designed to favor the wealthiest and most powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
“I still experience this chill today when a song or chant touches some place inside my body that my mind cannot name...… — Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Copy Share Image
Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The history of the thing might amuse you," he said. "When first I became one of the New Anarchists I tried all… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“By nature and by training this woman was all for conservation of life. She had been brought up in rather a strict… — Nancy Byrd Turner Copy Share Image
“Cas Wouters, inspired by conversations with Elias late in his life, suggests that we are living through a new phase in the… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“When the glory of God is the treasure of our lives, we will not lay up treasures on earth, but spend them… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Physical force has no value, where there is nothing else. Snow in snow-banks, fire in volcanoes and solfataras is cheap. The luxury… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nature is like a canvas, a painting of countless options and possibilities. You don't really worship spirit, because you are also spirit,… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
I think that in my plays you can come in for 20 minutes and get something out of it. I'd like to… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
“They’d made the bricks from the local earth, processed through some of the mining equipment and fired in a kiln powered by… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image