In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Every believer should evangelize. I know some Christians think that evangelism is only for people with special gifts for it, but I… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Workplaces need to respond to the reality of family life in the 21st century, and allowing employees to have seven sick days… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
The things [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I think in space or music or art or literature of any kind there has to be some kind of void where… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals, and birds all play their part, both in mythology… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
You know that you can't go out there and change the world tomorrow morning. It just takes time, and the realization of… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Sickness is real. However, I've seen too many people suffering with sicknesses not of their own choosing to say glibly that all… — Daniel K Judd Copy Share Image
So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?” “Yep,” said Fred, dunking an entire roll… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you realize how hard it is to know the truth about yourself, you understand that even the most exhaustive and well-meaning… — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
He who does not realize to what extent shifting fortune and necessity hold in subjection every human spirit, cannot regard as fellow-creatures… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A completed book exists in its entirety, although we humans read it in a time sequence from the beginning to the end.… — Russell Stannard Copy Share Image
In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension; when he does not torment himself with childish guilt feelings,… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it. In order… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Eating vegetables, fruits and grains rarely causes total destruction of the plant or tree on which the food grew; after harvesting, seeds… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
And now I've got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I know there's some poetry that sort of sounds like daisies, but most of the good poetry is also [political], you can… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
With any hallucinations, if you can do functional brain imagery while theyre going on, you will find that the parts of the… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will you admit… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
You cannot have a healthy body without drinking a great deal of water. But remember, you can't just drink a glass of… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
In a sense, evolution adheres to the classic twelve-step program: it takes things one day at a time. It does not strive… — Natalie Copy Share Image
Then he holds her and for a moment I hear total silence; that totally silent part of a cry that announces that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The unlucky hand dealt to clear and precise writers is that people assume they are superficial and so do not go to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Compared with now when almost everyone knows what graphic design is and has some sort of access to the tools to make… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he does not really need a college. He… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals… — William Blake Copy Share Image
When it is said that an object occupies a large space in the soul or even that it fills it entirely, we… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
You should understand that private faith does not force public decisions. That's how you work at compromise. I haven't given up what… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
In the general tendency toward specialization, philosophy too has established itself as a specialized discipline, one purified of all specific content. In… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image