Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse.… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Even healthy families need outside sources of moral guidance to keep those tensions from imploding--and this means, among other things, a public… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
There simply is nothing else like it. And, as a test of physical and mental endurance it has no equal. Other sports… — Chris Boardman Copy Share Image
Everyone should be able to build, and as long as this freedom to build does not exist, the present-day planned architecture cannot… — Friedensreich Hundertwasser Copy Share Image
I would never sit and write a song in front of anyone, because you're so vulnerable. I don't know at what point… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
First,” he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.” He dipped… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me. — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens, that when a man gets well, he… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Whoa, Dimitri," I said, tossing my bag on the floor. "I realize this is actually a current hit in Eastern Europe right… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I thought the tooth fairy was a very creepy concept as a kid. "Put your tooth under the pillow." I was like… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
It is not enough to ask yourself, 'Does God's Word permit me to use these good things of the world?' You must… — Walter J Chantry Copy Share Image
The Void is a living void ... pulsating in endless rhythms of creation and destruction. The great Void does not exist as… — Frederick Franck Copy Share Image
How do the stems connect to the roots?' 'Where is the mist coming from?' 'Why does one tree seem darker than another?'… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
James Taylor may be an all-American boy but he isn't Horatio Alger, and the lionizing of many rock stars by the rock… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Who says the eternal being does not exist? Who says the sun has gone out? Someone who climbs up on the roof… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Defeating ISIS. If we do not defeat them abroad, we will be facing more and more of a threat at home. This… — Lee Zeldin Copy Share Image
The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God. — Calvin Miller Copy Share Image
I'm a theatre person, that's who I am. I'm happy to make sojourns into the world of movies but I'm basically a… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I already killed you once today, what does it take to teach some people? — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
How can you be sure?" "I'm a doctor, Jenna. And a scientist." "Does that make you an authority on everything? What about… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
I was very uncomfortable with all the attention when it first started happening to me. I retreated quite a bit from the… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
I always tell people I'm running against two Democrats, one that admits it and one that does not. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. ...… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never – since the objective is not to close a cycle,… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
What is the psychedelic experience? What promise does it hold for a sane future for our planet and our children? And what… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life. — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
... religious controversy does only harm. It destroys humble inquiry after truth, and throws all the energies into an attempt to prove… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image