You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation? — Stanisław I Leszczyński Copy Share Image
The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is… — John Brown Baldwin Copy Share Image
Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm. — Yevgeny Baratynsky Copy Share Image
The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Progress is dependent upon a productive and dynamic tension between institutionalism and insurrectionism. Insurrectionists keep our institutions honest. Insurrection us are stewards… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share Image
The mob is easily led and may be moved by the smallest force, so that its agitations have a wonderful resemblance to… — Polybius Copy Share Image
It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
I realized that most white Americans knew very little about our history and our struggle, and were having difficulty understanding the basis… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“If someone who is agitated comes to visit you, wanting to discuss their agitation and weigh the pros and cons of what… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Strong mental agitation and disturbance was no novelty to him, even before his late sufferings. It never is, to obstinate and sullen… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Now, just think, to accuse me of such a crime. Think of it! I, who have for twenty-five years single- handed struggled… — Jacob Schiff Copy Share Image
Looking back on 200 years of feminist agitation in this country, we've got to get it that the moral high ground doesn't… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There is no idleness, by which we are so easily seduced, as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
[On affirmative action:] Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
Without sattva you can never reach the Supreme. Wherever you are, in whatever station, from there you have to reach sattva in… — Chinmayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image