The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of…

We have no clear ideas of the agency of [demonic] spirits, nor is it necessary. The Scripture says little to satisfy our curiosity; but…

— John Newton

The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that force is…

— Michael Ignatieff

I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

— L. Neil Smith

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is,…

— K. Anders Ericsson

The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part…

— Jorge Luis Borges

If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice…

— Timothy Keller

I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered…

— Colson Whitehead

Used with due abstinence, hope acts as a healthful tonic; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate. The visions of future triumph, which at first…

— James Fitzjames Stephen

RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

— Ambrose Bierce

I am down mentally. I can't understand how it happened and who is to blame? I don't know why the ground was rolled before…

— Yeasin Khan

Paying your dues isn't always fun but it pays you back 100 times if you do it with a happy heart.

— Anonymous

According to Jains the soul in pure form has infiniteness in terms of its knowledge and power. These faculties are obstructed for its exhibition…

— Virchand Gandhi

I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to fight or…

— George Soros

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.

— Bill Mauldin