We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming… — A. C. Dixon Copy Share Image
“Burden … began to read to the child in Spanish from the book which he had brought with him from California, interspersing… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
We simply cannot continue to live with a [tax] system which has so many inequities. It must be changed in such a… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
While love takes on itself impossible tasks, yet it finds that love lightens all loads. It is the same burden that wings… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ has the divine power to lift you to great heights from what appears at times to be… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The fact that oppressive and corrupt regimes can borrow money in the name of the whole country means that the country's future… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
We need a more widely shared burden on the part of society to keep asking, "What are our collective values, what kind… — Sheila Jasanoff Copy Share Image
If we can forgive everyone, regardless of what he or she may have done, we nourish the soul and allow our whole… — Sydney Banks Copy Share Image
...the Lord of the Universe carries the entire burden of this world. You imagine you do. You can hand all your burdens… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Are not the thoughts of the dying often turned towards the practical, painful, obscure, visceral aspect, towards the "seamy side" of death… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
...a very terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who, in the calm moments of retirement, of worship, of prayer, of silent waiting, have found that to "the… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
Even though it's important for all of us to change our light bulbs and the vehicles we drive, it's much more important… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We do have to balance this issue of privacy and security. Those who pretend that there's no balance that has to be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't a single… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The heaviest of burdens is simultaneously an image of life's most intense fullfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
...I couldn't but surmise that the devil, looking at the cruel wars that Christianity has occasioned, the persecutions, the tortures Christian has… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
[How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step… — Brand Blanshard Copy Share Image
“When you want something so bad, when you deny yourself it, day after day, for so long, after a while, you ask… — Lindy Zart Copy Share Image
But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don't be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
Any tear shed in sharing the heartbeat of God, any tear shed through Christlike loving empathy with our fellowmen, any tear born… — Wesley L Duewel Copy Share Image
The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a… — John Wimber Copy Share Image
“Lonely Balcony The deterioration brought by weariness was visible. Its burden of abandonment can be perceived at a glance. The balcony ache… — iqra iqbal Copy Share Image
Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Christ walked the path every mortal is called to walk so that he would know how to succor and strengthen us in… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Outside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image