Better to me the poor mans crust, Better the blessing of the poor, Though I turn me empty from his door; That… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
I do not comprehend those rules of conduct that make us so content with self and so cold to those we love.… — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse Copy Share Image
I've thought for years, sometimes against my will, about what kind of son I'm supposed to be, what's expected. Being Korean, that's… — John Cho Copy Share Image
“This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn't know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
But I must work on in full calmness and serenity... The world concerns me only in so far as I feel a… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Markets are, in the end, man-made devices for utilitarian purposes, not a force of nature that we should not try to resist.… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
In using the strong hand, as now compelled to do, the government has a difficult duty to perform. At the very best,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism, love, sympathy,… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
In times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings--artists, scientists, clowns and philosophers--to create… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Let me begin now, this very night, to emulate Christ. Cast off forever will be the old self and with it defeat,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
The Church must take right ground in regard to politics... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine. If a singer sing from a sense of duty or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as… — William Shakespeare 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
At this point, an urgent question arises: [...] Is it our duty to seek to become a thorough and complete human being,… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
From Lady Carlisle's trip to Moscow in 1663 to Veronica Atkinson's tour of duty during the 1989 Romanian revolution, it is clear… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
One of the chief duties which [the Christian] will punctually and carefully fulfill is the duty of prayer. You will remember in… — Henry Edward Manning Copy Share Image
There're two different kinds of skating. There's the style skating, and there's the trick skating. He (Tony Hawk) does the trick skating… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call… — Ryan Zinke Copy Share Image
Kindness is not like a barter, so much for so much; or so much by contract, and my duty done. But kindness… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
A dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
It is curious to note that when for reasons of conscience, people refuse to kill, they are often exempted from active military… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Kant's description of most ethical duties reads more like a description of moral virtues and vices. Once we see this, we see… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Women, you have all this power, I'm telling you. In business, you have something called an inferred fiduciary duty to yourself. Look… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
When I was sworn in as a judge of the court of appeals, I took an oath. I put my hand on… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Despite its potential, the federal government has restricted funding for creating new cell lines - putting the burden of any future research… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Life expects of you duties which appear repugnant to you. You must now know that the most important thing is not duties… — Stig Dagerman Copy Share Image
A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“A longer pause, and the carriage came to a halt. “I see very little difference,” he finally said into the quiet. “My… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine - a gun - which could by its rapidity of fire,… — Richard Jordan Gatling Copy Share Image
Were you raised in a barn? You don't just walk into someone's house." Ash laughed. "I have an open invitation to enter… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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