In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
The religion of the Sufi is the religion of the heart. The principal moral of the Sufi is to consider the heart… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. If you admit as friends men who… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Looking to the material world for the satisfaction of our inner needs is the source of much fear. All fear is, in… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
That woman is the most difficult, the most stubborn redhead I've ever had the displeasure of meeting." He shot off, leaving only… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
Is a brazen and innocent confrontation with paternal authority an unbearably terrifying prospect to some? Are the consequences of a fathers anger… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
If somebody responds positively to what I'm doing - if there is a connection - that can be very meaningful. If someone… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
One must remember equality, yet also be aware of difference, for if the people are allowed to act as it pleases them… — Xunzi Copy Share Image
Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive… — Karl Abraham Copy Share Image
And Allah made the kindness to parents as a protectional shield to His wrath and displeasure. — Fatima bint Muhammad Copy Share Image
I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The artist must prophesy not in the sense that he foretells things to come, but in the sense that he tells his… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If something produces an undue amount of pleasure or undue amount of displeasure, it's going to be judged differently and it's going… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to complain to creatures? They can bring… — Abdul-Qadir Gilani Copy Share Image
