I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
I m not alone My shadow is with me. I m not alone, My tears are my companion — Van Simon Copy Share Image
“The rise or fall, success or failure of your dreams is largely dependent on the association you build yourself around.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Talent and generosity are needed to recognize talent and generosity in our companions; all is discord to an ear that has no… — Julia McNair Wright Copy Share Image
[On Thomas Babington Macaulay:] He was a most disagreeable companion to my fancy ... His conversation was a procession of one. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens. — Tatum O'Neal Copy Share Image
It becomes very obvious, by reading a dog, how stable or unstable his human companion is. Our dogs are our mirrors. — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“A good friend will help you to discover the potentials you haven't uncovered. A bad friend will help you to cover up… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“To be your companion." "Companion?" He said the word as if he were spitting a bad taste from his mouth. "I am… — Jettie Necole Copy Share Image
The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world... The reason is obvious. In a large community… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Or could it then have been some companion, a brave man knowing thoughts gracious toward you, since one who is your companion,… — Alkinoos Copy Share Image
In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Animals are not resources or property with whom we can do what we please, their lives matter very much, and they should… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every night before putting her to sleep, Yankel counts her ribs, as if one might have disappeared in the course of the… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The father who raises a son to have a profession he once dreamed of, and the mother who uses her daughter as… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Our feelings probably are not less strong at fifty than they were ten or fifteen years before; but they have changed their… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Running, close companion to death, summons us to the most vivid acts of life. Our ancestors (we have forgotten) ran for food… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
How, then,' I hear you ask, 'shall I attain my end, whether it be Christian love, socialism, or American democracy?' Your Christian… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Now, Watson,' said Holmes, (...) 'you'll come with me, won't you?' 'If I can be of use.' 'Oh, a trusty comrade is… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Henry David Thoreau, who never earned much of a living or sustained a relationship with any woman that wasn't brotherly -- who… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
On the journey of the warrior-bodhisattva, the path goes down, not up, as if the mountain pointed toward the earth instead of… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself. — Aesop Copy Share Image
“In search of a perfect companion, the pilgrim discovers he is his own soulmate.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image