How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
[Bob] Dylan began to incorporate things into that scene that were controversial then. He got shouted at in Newport when he played… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument,… — Mimi Rogers Copy Share Image
I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The purity of finding the right artist, that artist that's gonna be the next hall of famer, that artist that's gonna be… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
The prime ideal is a princess of the world of ideals. Her father is the prince 'Point' in the world of geometry.… — Kato Copy Share Image
Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings… — Mary Rodgers Copy Share Image
Peter Beinart excoriates the doughface liberals who during the Cold War put anti-imperialism before anti-totalitarianism and demanded total moral purity on the… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
The world may disagree with the Church, but the world knows very definitely with what it is disagreeing. In the future as… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Roses are picked every day, they are told that they will be better off sold in the flower shoppe. And so they… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“There can have been no doubt in Eleanor's mind as to what was expected of her as a wife. In her day,… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
Purity of the spirit is important. A lot of people don't focus on what's going on inside, and no matter what they… — Lamman Rucker Copy Share Image
...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
“Power is pure undiluted energy which is incapable of corrupting itself. So where got we this 'that power corrupts men'? We got… — Paul Bamikole Copy Share Image
We must keep in mind that where the road is crooked, God makes it straight, and where our hearts are wounded, God… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
When you find me attempting to break into your house to take your plate, under any pretence whatsoever, but most of all… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
Remember, young men, that purity precedes power. The Lord said, 'But purify your hearts before me; and then go ye into all… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
When all hopes of recognition or honor have faded into distant memory, when purity of heart meets sorrow of mind, when all… — Franz Schubert Copy Share Image
The lion of anger shall give place to the lamb of meekness; the raven of uncleanness shall fly before the dove of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Labor came to humanity with the fall from grace and was at best a penitential sacrifice enabling purity through humiliation. Laborwas toil,… — Shoshana Zuboff Copy Share Image
All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly… — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
Everything, even herself, was now unbearable to her. She wished that, taking wing like a bird, she could fly somewhere, far away… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity.… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The more we cling to virtues like humility, selflessness, modesty, and purity, the more beautiful we become - not only in His… — Kylie Bisutti Copy Share Image
An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against…Every new and successful example therefore of a PERFECT… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A grub in filth is dirty, but it changes into a cicada and sips dew in the autumn breeze. Rotting plants have… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you'd spent your life being called "Gyles Brandreth", you would crawl across broken glass to achieve the bliss, the simplicity, the… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
“That for which, you are deserving; will come before you effortlessly. Your purity is required. What is required for your purity? [The… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder,… — Doug Henning Copy Share Image
For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
There are few sights more pleasant to the eye than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. It presents an… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image