My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military… — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for and it's really a manifestation of his character. It's amusing… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There must be no division by class hatred, whether this hatred be that of creed against creed, nationality against nationality, section against… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Euripides seems to have felt that the dignified perfection of Sophocles could be challenged only by novelty and irresponsibility. The religious conditions… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A good aim surveys the present state of experience of pupils, and forming a tentative plan of treatment, keeps the plan constantly… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
.. the word ecology, coined by the German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel (initially as oecology) in 1866. derives from the Greek… — Warwick Fox Copy Share Image
I think that it would be good for people to realize and understand that they are doing something to deal with their… — Axl Rose Copy Share Image
The world is mystical, mysterious, powerful, brutal and awesome... it has a surreal logic, and moves in patterns, some of which can… — Nina Menkes Copy Share Image
You can’t mandate [cultural change], can’t engineer it. What you can do is create the conditions for transformation. You can provide incentives.… — Lou Gerstner Copy Share Image
Confusion conditions activity, which conditions consciousness, which conditions embodied personality, which conditions sensory experiences, which conditions impact, which conditions mood, which conditions… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Man is the end of nature; nothing so easily organizes itself in every part of the universe as he; no moss, no… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If you think for one second no one knows what you've been going through; be accepting of the fact that you are… — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of… — Hugh Black Copy Share Image
Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
When you take the sires of the cage apart, you do not hurt the bird, but you help it. You let it… — Randolph Sinks Foster Copy Share Image
If you took a blue spruce tree and planted it in the desert, it would obviously perish. How do we forget that… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
I think we saw our reaction coming from Dada, but at the same time, it formed into punk, which was very much… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is but one power which heals—that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes place is the confidence… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
God does not... give people positions or jobs or... good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for themselves.. God… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Life is extremely resilient once it takes hold, but it requires rich chemistry, large energy sources, and stability, right from the beginning.… — Dimitar Sasselov Copy Share Image
True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
The recent trading environment has felt something like walking into a place and having a sense that something is wrong and dangerous… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share Image
He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Inevitably it's always a set-up; you go somewhere, bring your own expectations, you think you have an idea of what you want… — Travis Rice Copy Share Image
In meditation take care not to impose anything on the mind, or to tax it. When you meditate there should be no… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Any point of view is interesting that is a direct impression of life. You each have an impression colored by your individual… — Henry James Copy Share Image
When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company.… — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
It was an all-white church. It was starting to decline. They had to hire a new pastor, and they hired him. But… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
If you are content with being nobody in particular, content not to stand out, you align yourself with the power of the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man,--and I think that it is, though only… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
“And so I continue in borderline poverty, save for my one indulgence, no, my single absolute necessity: I take cabs. Yes, on… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
If you are female, and conditions are otherwise apt, you are supposed to decide whether you want to become a mother by… — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image