With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
“Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“When faced with difficulties, a humble, understanding, appreciative and selfless person finds it easy to win a friend. On the other hand,… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life just as it is, in all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The service of love is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there anything that will… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“ Wisdom When I have ceased to break my wings Against the faultiness of things, And learned that compromises wait Behind each… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Tony Campolo and I both speak a lot, and we began to notice that there were some crowds of old folks that… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“The wisdom of limiting SWAT assaults to genuine emergencies was long gone. Across the country, the tactics Gates had conceived to stop… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
“Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
You'll be able to gain insight and reach a conclusion only by applying the powers of mind, intellect, soul, heart, spirit, and… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
“Just as nothing is more foolish than misplaced wisdom, so too, nothing is more imprudent than perverse prudence. And surely it is… — Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Copy Share Image
Our wise founders seemed to understand, better than most of us, our own scripture, which states that ‘it is the nature and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“Yew? Not roight in the 'ead? Jus' let me tell yew somefink yew cockeyed idiot. Oi moight call yew daft sometimes, but… — Peter St. John Copy Share Image
“Stop spending money to be nominated for worthless awards with no substance and no worth to your career. If you have to… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also,… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Such decisions ab extra* are sometimes a wonderful relief to those whose habit it has been to decide, not only for themselves,… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“The Mahatma’s singular insight was that self-government would never be achieved by the resolutions passed by a self-regarding and unelected elite pursuing… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
There's some wisdom and no moral deficiency to one who holds courage in reserve and uses it as a last resort. Before… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
“Fatherhood to us was an act of passion, soon forgot; but not to Orem ap Avonap. Never guessing that the blond and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Every once in awhile try to do something nice for somebody you don't know, even if it's just leaving an opening in… — Joshua Neik Copy Share Image
“Tensions and muddles might be irritating, but they can allow us to explore the deeper levels of our inner selves. We can… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Our behavioral patterns are exceedingly complex, and psychology is a young science. The scope of our behavioral wisdom exceeds the breadth of… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“INSIGHT FOR BUSINESS: Competition is not your real enemy—fear is. Choosing to follow the path of safety will cost you opportunities that… — Levi Brackman Copy Share Image
We all fall into biological and mental habits. It's an easy way for us to navigate day-to-day work and life, but it… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
“...and I came to the conclusion that in any project we design and develop, the size and degree of complexity of the… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention. The seagull may intend to fly away, may decide… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
You can use reading as a food for the ego. It is very subtle. You can become knowledgeable; then it is dangerous… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are also places of power that reference the fourth and fifth chakras, which are places of balance, and places of power… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“People often speak of hell, not wanting to go there, avoiding it..etc. I never had that problem because hell is a state… — Sandra Chami Kassis Copy Share Image
The Western world generally has lost the concept of man as a creature made to the image and likeness of God, and… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
By the mercy of Allah Paradise has eight doors one of those is the door of repentance, child. All the others are… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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