Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself. — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
I will honor my ancestors in StarClan," Bramblestar vowed, "but not those who have ever walked in the Dark Forest. Guide my… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
We may wonder at the choice of Israel and Rome as the archetypes of the new nation, in view of the long… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
If we are to be the last of the White men who conquered the world; if we are finally to be overwhelmed… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
Every living thing is, from the cosmic perspective, incredibly lucky simply to be alive. Most, 90 percent and more, of all the… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
The modern technological world appears overwhelming to many people. It drives some to pessimism and despair. It makes others doubt the future… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
I am a congenital liar. Some Highlanders are. To my ancestors, the truth was so sacred as to be unusable. — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
The Drab Age is over. Color is coming into its own again. Until very recently people were literally scared out of their… — Dorothy Draper Copy Share Image
Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
There is an obvious evolutionary explanation for the scarcity of altruistic saints: Without a strong predilection for their own interests, our ancestors… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I've never really understood how people cannot value the future, or think that the world is going down a fast slippery slope… — Gordon Hempton Copy Share Image
It is said that our indigenous ancestors, Mayas and Aztecs, made human sacrifices to their gods. It occurs to me to ask:… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I say this idea of chokin' folks to death to reform 'em, is where we show the savage in us, which we… — Marietta Holley Copy Share Image
“He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.-Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way — Ali Shariati Copy Share Image
When we know about our ancestors, when we sense them as living and as supporting us, then we feel connected to the… — Philip Carr-Gomm Copy Share Image
Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
