When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party." "This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I could tell Lissa was… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
The United States Supreme Court, once a reliable if ultimate recourse for progressive and even revolutionary grievances, has become a retrograde wellspring… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I do not mind having imaginary conversations with animals who are part of my life. The comfort of talking to one at… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
That's unfortunately common - to blame immigrants, to blame the African-Americans who are being helped by federal programs, to blame anyone available,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Copy Share Image
Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
I crawled back into myself all alone, just delighted to observe that I was even more miserable than before, because I had… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
Christ is already in that place of peace, which is all in all. He is on the right hand of God. He… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Distress: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own! — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
People believe a man is in distress because his loved one dies in one day. But his real pain is less futile:… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
When you are in something that you're proud of and it's funny and it's a good night out and all of those… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
Blanket compassion will shift the distribution decisively towards the manipulative end of the spectrum, and may paradoxically decrease the compassion with which… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
People have amazing ideas. The main problem - I won't call it a problem, let's call it a roadblock - is if… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
