It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
You cannot make gross sins look clear: To revenge is no valour, but to bear. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
Sounds of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain awaken'd flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The one thing that's absolutely clear is that Karl was not the source for the leak and there's no basis for any… — Robert Luskin Copy Share Image
Suddenly a single shot on the extreme left rang out on the clear morning air, followed quickly by several others, and the… — John Gibbon Copy Share Image
Clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
In meditation...the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky Refuses ae weep drap o' rain To Nature parched and… — James Ballantine Copy Share Image
“In order to find your true potential, what you need to do is simply determine your core values, visualize the person you… — Dr Prem Jagyasi Copy Share Image
Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes… — Priscilla Shirer Copy Share Image
Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate… — Elaine Morgan Copy Share Image
There is no greater joy for me than looking at the sky on a clear night with an attention so concentrated that… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is clear enough by now to most people that the camera never lies is a foolish saying. Yet it is doubtful… — James Agee Copy Share Image
I love the art history ones because it's so little work for me. There's so many paintings that when I look at… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
There's two kinds of evil that horror fiction always deals with. One kind is the sort of evil that comes from inside… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Futurologists have been multiplying like flies since the day Herman Kahn made Cassandra's profession "scientific," yet somehow not one of them has… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want. Rich people are… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Then I noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. Have you ever seen the shadows of tears,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you… — A. D. Gordon Copy Share Image
When you look at the Bible, and I read the Bible very seriously, for a lot of my life, I believed the… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I'd love to have more children. If I'm still clear after five years, I'll think again. — Sam Taylor-Wood Copy Share Image
The answer is pretty clear that your intelligence can actually be changed. — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
To be very clear, I have completely ruled out state funding for stadiums. — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
We need to be really clear. Antisemitism is not racism-lite. It's racism. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good. — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
The clean tongue, the clear head, and the bright eye are birthrights of each day. — William Osler Copy Share Image