“The greatest remedy in the world is change; and change implies the passing from the old to the new. It is also… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
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The primary urge that motivates and engenders writing...is the writer's desire to invent and tell a story, and to know himself. But… — David Grossman Copy Share Image
The Savior desires to save us from our inadequacies as well as our sins. Inadequacy is not the same as being sinful… — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
I know I'm likeable, but living with me is different. Yes, I can be charming. That desire to please people and learning… — John Grant Copy Share Image
To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was the verdict of ancient writers that men afflict themselves in evil and weary themselves in the good, and that the… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Even in your hobbies, has there not always been some secret attraction which the others are curiously ignorant of--something, not to be… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The nineteenth and twentieth centuries have given us as much terror as we can take. We have paid a high enough price… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
“All day I tried to distinguish need from desire. Now, in the dark, I feel only bitter sadness for us, the builders,… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
The feeling of being an outsider was a big part of my childhood. I think that helps comedians. That feeling of being… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
“In other words, it is not in craving after ready-made, complete and finished things that love finds its meaning ― but in… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I do - oh, indeed I do - desire to live up to my profession, to be His, for time and eternity.… — Frances Ridley Havergal Copy Share Image
The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
An unlucky rich man is more capable of satisfying his desires and of riding out disaster when it strikes, but a lucky… — Solon Copy Share Image
The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
My desire for my own sitcom began as a little girl - I spent hours lying on my belly on the shag… — Judy Gold Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art; it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
Those without the gate frequently question the wisdom and right of the occultist to guard his knowledge by the imposition of oaths… — Dion Fortune Copy Share Image
All socialism involves slavery… That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“The greatest obstacle to pleasure is not pain; it is delusion. The principal enemies of human happiness are inordinate desire—the fantasy of… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is an ugly sin, repugnant to those who find no temptation in it, as well as to many past offenders who… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
True practical Christianity (never let it be forgotten) consists in devoting the heart and life to God; in being supremely and habitually… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
A society which discards those who are weak and non-productive risks exaggerating the development of reason, organisation, aggression and the desire to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
“The human erotic imagination is a vast wilderness of sexual possibilities. We are each capable of enjoying a pleasurable, satisfying and potentially… — Chris Maxwell Rose Copy Share Image
“And to that, that impulse, craving, yearning, longing, desire— God says yes. Yes, there is water for that thirst, food for that… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
And as He has given, "In all thy getting, my Son, get understanding." This is putting proper emphasis in the proper places,… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
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Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like 'his mighty steed was as fleet as the wind on a fairly calm day,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A certain kind of person in America loves to note that they're currently soldiering through the latest Pulitzer winner for history, in… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I have dedicated my time here on earth to find the tools that can help each of us experience an extraordinary quality… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
And when this intoxication has worn away... when every desire is fulfilled and every language learned- when there are no more distant… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
“Most human beings wish to be happy and healthy. This universal realization is painfully obvious and yet is overlooked due to its… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
Listening to the doves in Alfred, Georgia, and having neither the right nor the permission to enjoy it because in that place… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
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