First the stalk — then the roots. First the need — then the means to satisfy that need . First the nucleus… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
... a person who is religiously enlightened appears to me to be one who has, to the best of his ability, liberated… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
The revelation of His glory includes seeing One so high (transcendence) who went so low (condescension) to bring us so near (redemption)… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging,… — Alberto Savinio Copy Share Image
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“Let's say a person says: "I am the light. It's my desire to be a light unto the world: To shine a… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
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“Love can be simply stated to be the desire of the human being to integrate oneself with other selves in such a… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
“I also needed what God has brought. I needed to lose control. I needed a broken heart. I needed to be dipped… — Russ Ramsey Copy Share Image
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Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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To look for total satisfaction in oneself is a futile endeavor. Since everything changes from moment to moment, where can self and… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
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You must every day make higher ground. You must deny yourself to make progress with God. You must refuse every- thing that… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
The desire for a nonviolent and cooperative world is the healthiest of all psychological manifestations. This is the overarching principle of liberation… — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
The point for me is to create relationships based on deeper and more real notions of trust. So that love becomes defined… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
What I build upon I shall be told is a folly that wise men are not guilty of: I own it; but… — Sylvester Graham Copy Share Image
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but… — Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Copy Share Image
D.H. Lawrence had the impression – that psychoanalysis was shutting sexuality up in a bizarre sort of box painted with bourgeois motifs,… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
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If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I was doing big roles and, yeah, everything was going great. In the midst of all that, I guess I had already… — Patricia Mauceri Copy Share Image
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