One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
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He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Virtually all native cultures that have survived without fouling their nests have acknowledged that nature knows best, and have had the humility… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
I was living in Germany in the thirties, and I knew that Hitler had made it his mission to exterminate all Jews,… — Roman Vishniac Copy Share Image
When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be."… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
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A trouble with poetry is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Today one can read the Gospel also on so many technological instruments. You can carry the whole Bible on your mobile phone,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Among archetypal images, the Sacred Tree is one of the most widely know symbols on Earth. There are few cultures in which… — Christopher McDowell Copy Share Image
You're going to die soon enough anyway; even if it's a hundred years from now, that's still the blink of a cosmic… — Jesse Bering Copy Share Image
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Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The efforts of the medical profession in the US to control:...its...job it proposes to monopolize. It has been carrying on a vigorous… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
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The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
So great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Just as in prayer it is not we who momentarily catch His attention, but He ours, so when we fail to hear… — Charles Brent Copy Share Image
Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
In all things and in all ways, choice impacts virtually every element of our life. It bears repeating that even those things… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Like all mothers, mother nature is delighted to keep in touch with you when you're appearing in hit tv shows like BJ… — Greg Evigan Copy Share Image
Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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Life is a voyage, and we are all sailing under sealed orders. We plan, plot, scheme and arrange, and some fine day… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
As you see, I bear some resentment and some scars from the years of anti-genre bigotry. My own fiction, which moves freely… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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We may be thankful that frightened civil authorities ... have not managed to eradicate from the country the tradition of the possession… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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