To you, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism look very different, but to me they look the same. Many of you would… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
There are, of course, fat characters in books out there, some of them quite enduring and famous. But they tend to be… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Mahavira, the Jain patriarch, surpassed the morality of the Bible with a single sentence: Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Only a creature that can think symbolically about life can conceive of its own death. Our knowledge of death is part of… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
And though St. John saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of course, I love everyone I meet. How could I fail to! Within everyone is the spark of God. I am not… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a glancing sun-struck instance that existed now… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Swathed in silk, I feel like a caterpillar in a cocoon awaiting metamorphosis. I always supposed that to be a peaceful condition.… — Suzanne Collins 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 get flack for saying [when I visit a college and give a speech], "This is a nice college, but the really… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The everlasting covenant which God has made with Jesus, and through Jesus with all His beloved people, individually, is a strong ground… — Octavius Winslow Copy Share Image
I like to put wings on my mythical creatures, because I've always wanted to be able to fly! That's a dream of… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
Do you think you have the right to give me orders now?" The Archangel of New York, a creature so lethal that… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along.… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Your worm is your only emperor for diet; we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
Kindness. The only possible method when dealing with a living creature. You'll get nowhere with an animal if you use terror, no… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The artist at her best - wild, passionate, rebellious, and human - is often too large and truthful a creature for society's… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I don't believe in any particular definition of the afterlife, but I do believe we're spiritual creatures and more than our biology… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
The angels must often be astonished at us and think we are the strangest creatures that well can be, yet they love… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
