When a creature is exposed to violence, it will tend to adapt to that disturbance, so that when the violence ceases or… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
As for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Most creatures in nature die consciously. Cobras, for instance, choose a particular place on a particular branch of the tree. Many a… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures, only, in the case of man, it is… — Rosa Bonheur Copy Share Image
It's a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It's all very sad… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
“Creatures of attachment are creatures of instinct and impulse. It doesn't feel good or right or proper to seek favor in the… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Man is a singular creature. He has a set of gifts which make him unique among the animals, so that unlike them,… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Dear Sir, poor sir, brave sir." he read, "You are an experiment by the Creator of the Universe. You are the only… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Hello, darling. Sorry about that. Sorry about the bony elbows, sorry we lived here, sorry about the scene at the bottom of… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
Human beings are many-layered creatures, and do not succumb to the hegemony of others as easily as historians and politicians sometimes imply.… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Seen through the eyes of faith, religion's future is secure. As long as there are human beings, there will be religion for… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Truth be told, John said, the one thing in this world I want more than anything else is a great big crowbar,… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
It will not be humans who watch the sun's demise, six billion years from now. Any creatures that then exist will be… — Martin Rees 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
Man is the hunter; women are the game; those sleek and shining creatures of the chase. We hunt them for the beauty… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart—the mutations that make us the… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made up, made… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam. I would like to repeat what I said to… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and also because soul… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die a man. The bed of death brings… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The first measn by which He draws is affinity, that affinity which brings creatures of the same species together, and like to… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
We can be consicous of how we tend to ignore or escape anguish rather than understand and accept it. We can be… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a horse whisperer; I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation -… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
There are plenty of people, in Avonlea and out of it, who can attend closely to their neighbours' business by dint of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth with… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“We are creatures of rage and madness and bitter tears and we knew that from the start. Our end was disaster and… — Thomas Curtis Clark Copy Share Image
Researchers found a frog in new guinea that is so tiny, they believe it's the smallest vertebrate on the planet. It has… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
If patterns of ones and zeros were 'like' patterns of human lives and death, if everything about an individual could be represented… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
