Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“Strange things are happening here in the United States of America, right now, that are so troubling it is almost hard to… — David Seaman Copy Share Image
Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“the basis of life is not a greed to exist, not a desire of any kind. It's fear, the fear which I… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
…their eager, childlike attention was refreshing to see as compared with the decent, deathlike apathy of weary civilized people, in whom natural… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“Altizer distinguishes between melancholy as a condition marked principally by a sense of guilt, even a delirium of guilt, and the contemporary… — Alina N. Feld Copy Share Image
As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
That's a terrible price to pay because you loved life so much, with the intensity of a thousand suns, and the women… — George Jung Copy Share Image
You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Someone has wisely stated that hate is not the opposite of love. Apathy is. We will not have time for apathy in… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image