“There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the… — Ouida Copy Share Image
In the desert, the two primary elements are stone and water. Stone comes in abundance, exposed by weathering and a lack of… — Craig Childs Copy Share Image
It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Negativism to the pain and ferocity of life is… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Our most precious resource now is wonder. What we wonder ignites our imagination, unleashes our empathy, fuels our ferocity.” — Amy Irvine Copy Share Image
A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“You want something real bad? Go after it with ferocity like if your life depended on it and never ever surrender. Only… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Poetry does need a bit of ferocity. The only way to attend to the fractured world is to write a ferocious kind… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
Maggie Nelson cuts through our culture's prefabricated structures of thought and feeling with an intelligence whose ferocity is ultimately in the service… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
When a man is small, he loves and hates food with a ferocity which soon dims. At six years old his very… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor fellow-creature, whom they cannot restore nor recompense, dying to gratify luxury and… — George Cheyne Copy Share Image
Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot form their faces like barbedlightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expressioncould easily… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character - her characters are vigorous and elementary; not for comedy - hers… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral… — David Hume Copy Share Image
