The psychological dangers through which earlier generations were guided by the symbols and spiritual exercises of their mythological and religious inheritance, we… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
We must remember that if all the manifestly good men were on one side and all the manifestly bad men on the… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Without reverence we [people] will gradually descend into ecocide. In the degree that the imperatives of the market - the temple of… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest danger of our global community is that the person in LA thinks he knows Cambodia because he's seen The… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
She had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions; she was fully satisfied of being still… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I am dead already. Physical death will make no difference in my case. I am timeless being. I am free of desire… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh,… — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
The only time in the history of the world that we have had any extended periods of peace is when there has… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Be not too rash in the breaking of an inconvenient custom; as it was gotten, so leave it by degrees. Danger attends… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
I fired the ball for the purpose of giving those dudes to understand upon what ground I stood, believing that those of… — Mary Edwards Walker Copy Share Image
If there is ever an amelioration of the condition of mankind, philosophers, theologians, legislators, politicians and moralists will find that the regulation… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I cannot love people in the country, I discover, because there is always this danger that they may be acquaintances, with all… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
I am all for love, because love fails. You will be surprised - I have my own logic. I am all for… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
“Jesus called His followers to be a lot of things, but I have yet to find where He warned us to be… — Katie J. Davis Copy Share Image
Why do you need street smarts? Shrewdness? Toughness? It's to protect something soft that is going to be in danger if it's… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In a world where no creatures are truly isolated and diseases spread around as fast as jets can fly, we are all… — Barbara Natterson-Horowitz Copy Share Image
The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
This, I have seen in life - those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step. Those who are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The president, by virtue of his office, can easily 'go dark' when it comes to conversations with foreign leaders, even if he… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Yes, there's something dangerous about turning people into token social activists. I was thinking about this recently with our pop-culture feminism, when… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
I asked for strength, and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom, and God gave me problems… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war.… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
Exercising power can do strange things to people. You can become convinced that you're irreplaceable. You can become convinced that you're always… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
What did I care about my hammer, about my bolt, about thirst or death? There was, on one star, on one planet,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The road toward equality of freedom is not easy, and great cost and danger march alongside us. We are committed to peaceful… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Can I tell you something?" He tilted his head, moving in closer still, so close that she could feel his breath against… — Kelly Creagh Copy Share Image
Mass communication--wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued--presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
In spring 1989...I saw the buildup of demonstrations from Chengdu to Tiananmen Square. It struck me that fear had been forgotten to… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Yesterday in the restaurant, she’d seen his sex appeal and roughness. At her house, she’d seen his danger. This morning, at the… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Within Hobbes’ depiction of the motives for conflict. . . there is a problematic in which the grave threat that human beings… — Gregory B. Sadler Copy Share Image