Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We might do well to stay home a few days and walk over the fields, or to stand in the shelter of… — Wheeler McMillen Copy Share Image
I need a lot of support... Life is really hard, and I don't see some active benevolent force out there. I see… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
A leader who is a benevolent dictator is actually a democrat by spirit. — Jaiprakash Gaur Copy Share Image
He wore a sprinkling of powder upon his head, as if to make himself look benevolent; but if that were his purpose,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Life can unmoor so many feelings; it is a relief we sleep through it. Night unravels the day and reinvents it for… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they [the clergy] have enveloped it, and brought to the original purity… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think that's a major reason. Instead of turning in their own lives to philosophy, religion, love, family life, or nature, they… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
It sounds silly, I know. But for me, the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
If the layman cannot participate in decision making, he will have to turn himself over, essentially blind, to a hermetic elite. ...… — Gerald Holton Copy Share Image
Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
My wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit it. In my office and… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required--acting as though we do not see through the motivesof their actions. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
One of the great things about a free market is that it's inherently and indefatigably Darwinistic. Left to its own devices, a… — Edward Britton Copy Share Image
I came to the realization that I had failed in some respects because I had been more of a benevolent narrator than… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
After the Second World War, facilitating the establishment of the UN and aiding the reconstruction of Europe, the United States was widely… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
