Society is older than government. But every persisting society implies the existence of government and laws; for a society without government and… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Our imagination so magnifies this present existence, by the power of continual reflection on it, and so attenuates eternity, by not thinking… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The great goal of the backlash is to nurture a cultural class war, and the first step in doing so, as we… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
There lives at least one being who can never change-one being who would be content to devote his whole existence to your… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Men do not turn from God so easily. Not so easily. Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Whether we appreciate it or not, we live out our lives surrounded by an intricate pattern of social connections... We're all embedded… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
I was not looking now at an unusual flower arrangement. I was seeing what Adam had seen on the morning of his… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Will power is nothing but another name of ego power. A man of wisdom has no will, just as he has no… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
It is crucial that we realize the great value of human existence, the opportunity and the potential that our brief lives afford… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is the precursor of a new dawn that slowly, steadily and unerringly comes to the… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didnt: It was basically… — Talulah Riley Copy Share Image
The State is the absolute reality and the individual himself has objective existence, truth and morality only in his capacity as a… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce, and so I… — Leopold Stokowski Copy Share Image
If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful, and great. No!… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
... just as early industrial capitalism moved the focus of existence from being to having, post-industrial culture has moved that focus from… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
