The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The people of today have no nobility. They do not even know what it means to be noble of heart. There is… — CJoybell C Copy Share Image
It is in the faculty of noble, disinterested, unselfish love that lies the true gift and power of womanhood,--a power which makes… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
A woman's friendship borders more closely on love than man's. Men affect each other in the reflection of noble or friendly acts;… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true… — Buddhadasa Copy Share Image
Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know… — Wernher von Braun Copy Share Image
Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“But if God and immortality be repudiated, what is left? That is the question usually thrown at the atheist's head. The orthodox… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total… — Sarah Strohmeyer Copy Share Image
These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
This was 1990, the year that communism died in Europe and it seemed strange to me that in all the words that… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to… — David Kim Copy Share Image
The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I love plays that have musical moments. I'm not a big fan of musicals per se, but I love straight plays that… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
We are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Having agreed to play Elrond, I realized how much had to be worked out about this character: the idea of portraying someone… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
It is interesting to ask whether there's any general reason why being religious might make you do nice things or indeed nasty… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error,… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
I knew, deep down, that love, though a beautiful beginning, isn't enough. It's the practice of honoring and caring for another that's… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Two people, when they love each other, grow alike in… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Dog rescue remains a gamble, of course. For all the good will, hard work, and noble motivation, nobody can really predict with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
As love is the most noble and divine passion of the soul, so is it that to which we may justly attribute… — Aphra Behn Copy Share Image
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Every rebel is, with us, more or less a soldier who has missed his vocation, a being made for a heroic life… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom, golden in the green grass, This life can be. Common as a dandelion-blossom, beautiful in the clean grass,… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
It is some fundamental certainty which a noble soul has about itself, something which is not to be sought, is not to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
That is a noble idea, though I think it far to generous," Jupiter said. "Once a decade should be sufficient." "I would… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Devotion to your goal makes you live a clean and orderly life , given to search for truthand to helping people, and… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
