We should teach our children nothing which they shall ever need to unlearn; we should strive to transmit to them the best… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those… — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain: They who have nothing have… — Madison Cawein Copy Share Image
At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a City, and yet be forced to surrender it -… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security. — Neil Young Copy Share Image
The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
A truce to philosophy!—Life is before me, and I rush into possession. Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
O, that we who declare war against wars, and acknowledge our trust to be in God only, may walk in the light,… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
A science can diagnose a cancer and can even find a cure for it, but it can't, and a scientist will be… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In 1970, there were approximately 330,000 prisoners in the US. Today there are 2.3 million behind bars - more than any country… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
My knowledge is, if you will follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, every… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The Americans speak so much about freedom in their sermons. Freedom as a possession is a doubtful thing for a church; freedom… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak with… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared. — Julien Benda Copy Share Image
The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf - 'cause I'd alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The sight of a wedding always has a disturbing effect on young girls; at such moments a mysterious sense of solidarity with… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Lust for possession and greed has ravaged the soul of humanity like a great cancer, metastasizing throughout society in the form of… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which… — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
“And yet he was happier in his unused room simply because it was his, his possession. I thought with bitterness and envy,… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
We are in the best possession to make our life so easy, if we doesn't allow what doesn't matter to drives us… — Blaze Olamiday Copy Share Image
I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind. — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
“The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate… — Philemon Copy Share Image
“Mathias lifted his head and looked directly into Mina's eyes. His smile was gone. Possession filled his gaze. After tonight, you won't… — Gayle Donnelly and Robyn McKenzie Copy Share Image
Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
