'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came… — Pieter Zeeman Copy Share Image
There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be a merchant? What… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
My good friend, the poet Kofi Natambu, once said, "Contradiction is how we operate." — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A cat is a purring parcel of paradox, a cunning collection of contradictions. A cat is lazy and busy, dainty and savage,… — Leonore Fleischer Copy Share Image
The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To extend our memories by monuments, whose death we daily pray for, and whose duration we cannot hope, without injury to our… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
If there were no contradictions and no struggle, there would be no world, no process, no life, and there would be nothing… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
self-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions. — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not hard to see why. Although it adds to our overall understanding of Benghazi, even a cursory read reveals sloppy errors… — Stephen F. Hayes Copy Share Image
To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species. The essence of man… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
It was a week after Donald Trump had won. And initially he was still optimistic. He felt that things would be OK… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Praise is a contradiction of pride. Pride says 'looks at me,' but praise longs for people to see Jesus. — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
