Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It now lately sometimes seemed a black miracle to me that people could actually care deeply about a subject or pursuit, and… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Honor to the idealists, whether philosophers or poets. They have improved us by mingling with our daily pursuits great and transcendent conceptions.… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
The pursuit of learning is not a piece of content that can be taught. It is a value that teachers model. Only… — Martin Haberman Copy Share Image
The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for love and… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of a mature life, a life that can bear the weight of image bearing, is in many ways the continual… — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
“Pursuit of optimal fitness is a journey, a constant struggle, a lifestyle; a process where intensity during each exercise session, what you… — The Fitness Doc Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person,… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home--Jane Austen,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other… — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Replace the word can’t with can. Know that you can, believe that you can, and know with ALL of your heart that… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night,… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The pursuit system is an ideal way to shoot action sequences. It enhances the picturisation and captures the scene so well that… — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
I used to be so convinced that happiness was the goal, yet all those years I was chasing after it I was… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The measure of woman's distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
The time has come for everybody -capitalists, communists, socialists- to ask themselves what 'civilization' really means. If not, whether a country calls… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc.,… — Lord Melbourne Copy Share Image
That isn’t about money, fame, or power. It’s about will, dedication, commitment, and knowing your self-worth. You can be poor as dirt… — Jennifer Hudson Copy Share Image
Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
I'd been blindsided with the most painful knowledge: the first man to ever say he loved me had never loved me at… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
Civilization depends upon the vigorous pursuit of the highest values by people who are intelligent enough to know that their values are… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
We must not confuse religion with God, or technology with science. Religion stands in relationship to God as technology does in relation… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I used to hunt as a child but gave up the chase in my 'Ho Ho Ho Chi-Minh, we shall fight and… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
