“Jon wanted nothing more. No , he had to tell himself, those days are gone . The realization twisted in his belly… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
The budget for nuclear forces in the United States is on the order of $25 billion or so. That includes warheads, delivery… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will,… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
What's the purpose of NATO? Well actually we have an official answer. It isn't publicized much, but a couple of years ago,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
When one talks about being like a dead corpse in the hands of a spiritual teacher it means being able to surrender… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Nothing is more common than for men to make partial and absurd distinctions between vices of equal enormity, and to observe some… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Our work is the embodiment of our will. The spiritual manifestation of this work is its effect. When such work is properly… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
If you ask anybody at Cyber Command or look at any of the job listings for openings for their positions, you'll see… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The prevailing move in American society to a permanent war status does more than promote a set of unifying symbols that embrace… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant,… — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image
The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself,… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Rarely has a collection of essays from a dozen scholars created a whole greater than the sum of its parts, but Capitalism… — Joyce Appleby Copy Share Image
The law no passion can disturb. 'Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any objective nor any thought, nor take up any art, other than the art of war and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made… — John Owen Copy Share Image
In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Speed as a drug disorganizes the personality; speed as the goal of information dissemination commits a subtler crime. People are mainlining our… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I suppose no one is as handsome or as beautiful as he or she wishes, or as brilliant in school or as… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“What is the truth?’ he asked. ‘We place faith in ourselves,’ replied Altaïr (...) ‘We see the world as it really is,… — Oliver Bowden Copy Share Image
Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person.… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Last week a former Royal Marine who is the boyfriend of the model Kelly Brooks crashed into a bus stop while driving… — Geoffrey K. Pullum Copy Share Image
Man can try to name love, showering upon it all the names at his command, and still he will involve himself in… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
In vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency.… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor,… — Joseph Weizenbaum Copy Share Image
Who can break the law? If I break this glass, it will fall down. If anyone succeeds in throwing one atom out… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
The command "Be ye prfect" is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He said (in the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff makes it… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
The main bone of contention is whether Islamic injunctions are legal or moral categories. When Muslims say Islam commands daily prayers or… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image