I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Now the seasons are closing their files on each of us, the heavy drawers full of certificates rolling back into the tree… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I often need a limited space. It's like having a house to roam around in and reinvent and have things to happen… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Wiped the cold dew-drops from his cheek And sought the mourner's side again. "Once more, dear lady, I must speak: Your last… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get… — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
Don´t be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing the chapters that you have read; there is no need to go… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I just try to just roll with the punches. I mean, once the team pretty much starts closing out, just try to… — J. R. Smith Copy Share Image
The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human. — John Maeda Copy Share Image
When the child goes out, it is the world itself that offers itself to him. Let us take the child out to… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body,… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
Barack Obama, who might be mercifully closing the Clinton parenthesis in presidential history, is refreshingly cerebral amid this recrudescence of the paranoid… — George Will Copy Share Image
I think it's terribly important to watch TV. I think there's a sort of minimum number of hours of TV a day… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people love applications on their phone, but I'm like, 'Yeah, I understand the nice experience, but there's… — Ben Huh Copy Share Image
Alistair Crowley used to define magic as anything in which you can exercise your will in the world through the use of… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no one more… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes. — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure… — Freeman A. Hrabowski III Copy Share Image
A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
...only we don't call it 'ignorance', we call it 'faith'. What a horrible little word that is - faith - exuding as… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image