The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life. You expect Him to keep His promises,… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
What we need to do is we need to create new international standards of behavior - not just national laws, because this… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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There are so many things that can provide us with peace. Next time you take a shower or a bath, I suggest… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I want to keep working, I want to keep doing my humanitarian stuff around the world, shining light on different places that… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
Sandeep Jauhar’s Doctored is a passionate and necessary book that asks difficult questions about the future of medicine. The narrative is gripping,… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
I think that there are certain guns that, of course, I don't know who needs a machine gun, personally. But I think… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America's problem is not in… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
Historically, education has been about batch processing: standardize everything against the average, rank kids, sort them to see who gets more and… — L. Todd Rose Copy Share Image
Our principal constraints are cultural. During the last two centuries we have known nothing but exponential growth and in parallel we have… — M. King Hubbert Copy Share Image
Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista - those models got bunched together. I was always asked to be bunched in there,… — Paulina Porizkova Copy Share Image
I've seen villages in South America with no police whatever. Then the cops would arrive, then the sanitary inspectors, and before you… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
But our waste problem is not the fault only of producers. It is the fault of an economy that is wasteful from… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must… — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
They'll give you an Oscar if they think you're about to drop dead. The problem with The Oscars is, the average age… — Joe Bob Briggs Copy Share Image
The African-American is often used, and has conspired with the rest of America to be used, as a diversion from America's problems.… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Take a look at the current debates in Washington, and of course, everything in the media. Only one issue is discussed: the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wanted to see if I could create something that is emotional between people. Existing games are about killing each other or… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
As human beings we have the capacity to enjoy limitless, blissful happiness...there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
In a sense the U.S. is climate illiterate. If you look at global polls about what the public knows about climate change… — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Copy Share Image
You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We've got to remember that the core of Christ's plan is to rescue us from sin. Our pain, poverty, and broken hearts… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
... despite the limitations and problems inherent to photographic representation (and especially the representation of politics), it remains for me the most… — Richard Misrach Copy Share Image
“The Problem Is the Problem A professional does not take success or failure personally. That’s Priority Number One for us now. That… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We do literature a real disservice if we reduce it to knowledge or to use, to a problem to be solved. If… — Marjorie Garber Copy Share Image
Many of our students say, 'We wish we had a mentor in high school. We wish we had someone we could spend… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share Image
Humor gives presidents the chance to be seen as warm, relaxed persons. Humor reaches out and puts its arm around the listener… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The polling data shows not an unbelievable level of concern [on climate issue] but a general awareness of this problem. And now… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image