Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only… — John Green Copy Share Image
I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that online shopping has fed the craze for speed, because when you can't touch the fabric or try… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Don't wait for some miracle to be performed on you from without, lifting you above your fears and doubts and self-centeredness. You… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
I doubt that I would have been successful in my career and happy in my personal life if I hadn't prioritized health… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
and while faith based on theological reasoning is today universally engaged in a bitter struggle with doubt and resistance from the prevailing… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
It's not just back-to-back Super Bowls - it's back-to-back Super Bowls in his first three years, it's back-to-back Super Bowls climbing over… — Michael Irvin Copy Share Image
As to the 'St. Michael,' the subject is very fine, but very difficult, so I doubt that I shall find easily amongst… — Peter Paul Rubens Copy Share Image
The essence of Christianity is the appeal to the life of Christ as a revelation of the nature of God and of… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules… — Andrew Eldritch Copy Share Image
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Giving anyone the benefit of the doubt is expected. Innocent until proven guilty; that’s the law. But denial of reality is simply,… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet, the one thing that holds all of us back… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has only increased. The reason of this is, that… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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Don't underestimate those you meet, because until you meet them, you'll never know the purpose of their arrival in your life. The… — Germaine Moody Copy Share Image
It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality. It seems, in the last analysis, to have something to do… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
“As I described earlier, System 1 is not prone to doubt. It suppresses ambiguity and spontaneously constructs stories that are as coherent… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
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I don't have any conscious memory of wanting to be an actor, but early on, there was something in my makeup that… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
Every living thing was shunning him. Poor little Peter Pan, he sat down and cried, and even then he did not know… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I doubt she likes the idea of seeing him put back in a cage.” “Maybe not,” he said. “But she knows that… — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of no government. You do need a government. But by doing so many things that the government has… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
In all common ordinary cases, we see intuitively at first view what is out duty, what is the honest part. This is… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
No doubt, anarchy, once established, might not last forever. But if your house is on fire, the sensible course of action is… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
If a person asked my advice, before undertaking a long voyage, my answer would depend upon his possessing a decided taste for… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I liked the thought of being a country clergyman. Accordingly I read with care Pearson on the Creed and a few other… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Love is the radiance, the fragrance of knowing oneself, of being oneself. Love is overflowing joy. Love is when you have seen… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
When people see a talented girl, it calls to mind the very rare breed of women who have managed to succeed. If… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image