Wherever we turn we find that the real obstacles to peace are human will and feeling, human convictions, prejudices, opinions. If we… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
The conviction which we must share and spread is that the call to holiness is directed to all Christians. This is not… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
And a lot of times, the religious discussion is almost a masquerade for the real question, is what stories that we tell… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Unless you make tremendous efforts, you will not be convinced that effort will take you nowhere. The self is so self-confident that… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
I think it is right for Canadians to be asked to show their faces when they're taking the oath. On revocation of… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
I've seen many dig in their heels and becoming disenchanted with the church because of these kinds of denunciations from coreligionists. We… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while… — Jeff Weiner Copy Share Image
People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The evidence at present available points strongly to the conclusion that the spirals are individual galaxies, or island universes, comparable with our… — Heber Doust Curtis Copy Share Image
The United States...has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Now my playmates never failed to wink and smile mockingly at me when one of them called 'Man flies!' for at the… — Alberto Santos-Dumont Copy Share Image
Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and… — Frederick Sanger Copy Share Image
It is vitally important that we can continue to say, with absolute conviction, that organic farming delivers the highest quality, best-tasting food,… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Without wishing in the slightest degree to disparage the skill and labour of breadmakers by trade, truth compels us to assert our… — Eliza Acton Copy Share Image
By 'happiness' I do not mean worldly success or outside approval, though it would be priggish to deny that both these things… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by,… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
Lying is common in social life, often done for benign purposes, seldom draws severe sanctions, and many of the most notable leaders,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
There are things about quitting the smoking habit for which nobody prepares you. Did I have any idea that I would indulge… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“There was within him a deep unexpressed conviction that all would be well, but that one must not trust to this and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I write from a thorough conviction that it is the duty of me, and with the belief that, after every drawback and… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
I have remained true to my deepest convictions. I mean the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses… — Penelope Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
A worldview is not the same things a formal philosophy, otherwise it would only be for philosophers. Even ordinary people have a… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
To realize a dream; focus on the powerful, magical part of life known as vision, innovation and attitude. Devote yourself to a… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
The pressure of show business is on all the time and show business is a fickle business. Whatever is popular now -… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no… — Lucian Copy Share Image
I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
There is a direct relationship between how we feel about Jesus Christ and how we see ourselves. We cannot increase our devotion… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive,… — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
I have come to the conviction that once one embarks on a concept for a building, this concept has to be exaggerated… — Eero Saarinen Copy Share Image
...yet, even before he left the room, - and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
