Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think being able to really fall in love with someone is the craziest thing that could ever happen. You know, allowing… — Zoey Deutch Copy Share Image
The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask… — David Sobel Copy Share Image
I know at first hand how the impact of being bullied as a teenager can quite literally last a lifetime and I… — Mark Feehily Copy Share Image
Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of your former… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
I think that when you go on a shamanic journey, you're allowing yourself to have much more access to your unconscious or… — Amy Hardie Copy Share Image
In order to make a success of old age, one must begin it earlier, and not try to postpone it as long… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Having lost faith in all else, zealots have nothing left but a holy cause to please a warrior God. They win if… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
We know that Muhammad waged war against the Qurayshi tribe, his own tribe, and it's from that conflict that much of the… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative… — Ingrid Michaelson Copy Share Image
The next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Old ideas of not trading because 'they won't open their markets to us' miss the entire point of allowing goods to be… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
I know actors who say acting is acting, but I love the live-ness of an audience. I love feeling the energy of… — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
I join all of you who are advocates telling others that they can improve their lives and the quality of their lives… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Being in love makes me vulnerable. Intimacy on that level can be so exposing. Accepting that vulnerability and allowing myself to be… — Danielle Cormack Copy Share Image
There is no peace precisely because there has been no justice. As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We do not face a choice between protecting our environment or protecting our economy. We face a choice between protecting our economy… — Robert Rubin Copy Share Image
The key of writing fiction isn't just to remove something that the reader or listener can easily imagine. It's not a matter… — Peter Turchi Copy Share Image
There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity… — Harold H. Greene Copy Share Image
Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments -… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do - making life flow more easily - but art confronts… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but,… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Copy Share Image
Our brains are continuing to evolve, and perhaps a few tens of thousands of years from now, our descendants will walk around… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The first rule of making progress in anything you do is setting goals, allowing yourself to always have a finish line in… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
We need law and order in the inner cities, because the people that are most affected by what's happening are African-American and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image