To drink is to warm the heart; without dispelling reason…

In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes.

— Franchesca Ramsey

It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions…

— Dalai Lama

What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“Dispelling fear. Taming what was scary not by hiding it, not by blocking it or burying it, not by keeping it secret, but by…

— Laurie Frankel

I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for…

— Corrie Ten Boom

Books can make a difference in dispelling prejudice and building community: not with role models and recipes, not with noble messages about the human…

— Hazel Rochman

It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.

— Baron d'Holbach

When we enter a new situation in life and are confronted by a new person, we bring with us the prejudices of the past…

— Karl Popper

Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in which shadows and solidities…

— George Henry Lewes

“Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

According to my own experience, the highest level of inner calm comes from the development of love and compassion. The more concerned we are…

— Dalai Lama

Doubt is a profound and effective spiritual motivation. Without doubt, no truism is transcended, no new knowledge found, no expansion of the imagination possible.…

— James Hollis

There is nothing like early promiscuous sex for dispelling life's bright mysterious expectations.

— Iris Murdoch

Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is…

— Baron d'Holbach

Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external layers, bringing us closer…

— Hillary Carlip