Christian love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
That is my work, to transform your life from a sad affair into a celebration. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs. — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“Use your little grey cells mon ami" (Hercule Poirot in 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles')” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
There are always those two teachers...that are totally having an affair! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them… — Benjamin Constant Copy Share Image
“The affair is over, but at least things have gone somewhere, if only into oblivion. And maybe oblivion is what I wanted… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame — John Adams Copy Share Image
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have… — Kabir Copy Share Image
Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
And what is literature, Rabo," he said, "but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to anything in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The world is as large as the range of one's interests. A narrow-minded man has a narrow outlook. The walls of his… — Joseph Jastrow Copy Share Image
Most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit that remains the object of their long relentless quest. The obsession's… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
It is love that transports us, that fills us with joy! Love turns life into one long adventure, every encounter is a… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
The way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Ella finds this story inside herself: A woman, loved by a man who criticises her throughout their long relationship for being unfaithful… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it was somewhere else. No one seems… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
Her [Hillary Clinton's] husband is running around on her with everything that walks. He's having an affair with Gennifer Flowers, he's having… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
To think that the affairs of this life always remain in the same state is a vain presumption; indeed they all seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And… — Margaret Widdemer Copy Share Image
“Father is pleased with your progress. You humans are all the same you know. You’re always refusing just to enjoy the moment… — Anna Aquino Copy Share Image
Most Iranians are sick and tired of revolutions. They've had one for the last 25 years, and they don't want another one.… — Kenneth M. Pollack Copy Share Image
“An attachment grew up. What is an attachment? It is the most difficult of all the human interrelationships to explain, because it… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white. — Richard Kerry Copy Share Image
“Writing what you know" is about as much fun as having an affair with your spouse.” — Gordon Highland Copy Share Image
I began a lifelong affair with nostalgia, with only the vaguest notions of what I was nostalgic for. — Lucy Grealy Copy Share Image
I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day. — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image