“It was at this time that I formed one of my own insights: it was strange how intelligent people, like Raffles, without… — Tom Upton Copy Share Image
Stupid people like to delude themselves that while they may not be clever, they were at least able to compensate with feelings… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Hearty faith is indispensable for man, because the light of our intellect is very limited, and cannot contain much mental light, while… — St. John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
“All these stories present the knife of insight, the flame of the passionate life, the breath to speak what one knows, the… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
He often heard that wisdom comes with age, and he waited, trusting that this wisdom would bring him what he most wanted;… — Luis Sepúlveda Copy Share Image
“The belief-transmission network of which we are a part cannot operate without a continuously replenished supply of people to do the transmitting,… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
“...the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from… — Harry Blamires Copy Share Image
Those who influenced me the most are not those who pointed out all my faults, but those who knew God was bigger… — Phil Callaway Copy Share Image
I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think that music opens portals and doorways into unknown sectors that it takes courage to leap into. I always think that… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
Whatever someone told you, you can never be sure of what they said. Whatever someone said, you can never be sure of… — Rebecca Taylor Copy Share Image
“When we become aware of feeling low it can be a reason to rejoice. Why would we be distressed knowing that some… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
If knowledge and wisdom keep the same pace in development, the adept is enabled to grasp all the laws of the microcosm… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
“People become desensitized to many things going on around them. It is because they always see it on the tv, hear it… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
“Feed your creative mind. Feed your joyful, selfless heart. Feed your soul to grow. Feed with books, music, painting or arts, Feed… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
The Spirit is the one that is love. Can you understand total love ? Can you understand something that just gives and… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“[The wives of powerful noblemen] must be highly knowledgeable about government, and wise – in fact, far wiser than most other such… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“Ascension through all levels of consciousness and awareness can only happen when you live life as you, and not how others think… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Perhaps a great love is never returned. Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other, perhaps it… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“Challenge each problem you face with purposeful thought and determined action. Resolve that 'every' situation you encounter will make you better, stronger,… — Steve Brunkhorst Copy Share Image
Books and drafts mean something quite different for different thinkers. One collects in a book the lights he was able to steal… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, the roast turkey must be regarded as a monument to Boomer's love. Look at it now, plump and glossy, floating across… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“We take it for granted that our parents are like trees. They never run out of boughs for us to pick fruit… — Rose Christo Copy Share Image
Between the innocence of boyhood and the dignity of manhood, we find a delightful creature called a boy…A boy is truth with… — Alan Beck Copy Share Image
We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“I believe that life is a very individual path, and that we have to live it according to our own destiny and… — Jennifer DeLucy Copy Share Image
“Usually when people say, ‘Nothing’s wrong’, they usually just don’t want to talk about it,” I told him. “Yeah, but when they… — Not_present Copy Share Image
“There was something a little twisted about an ex-girlfriend giving her blessing for him to pursue a curiosity with a man. Why… — Ann Lister Copy Share Image
“At most unsuspected moments, we may all be victims of life's mishaps and realize we must ask ourselves how to run up… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
No one's life should be rooted in fear. We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For nearly a century, the moral relativism of science has given faith-based religion--that great engine of ignorance and bigotry--a nearly uncontested claim… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don't forget your… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a kind of pride to insist that none of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“I'm trying to be diplomatic. The wisdom of my ass is well-known. If I didn't lip off to them, after shooting my… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
O, mighty, divinely delimited wisdom of walls, boundaries! I is perhaps the most magnificent of all inventions. Man ceased to be a… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image