Every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
There is no reason to believe ... that the "essential purpose" of language is "communication". ... Language can be used to transmit… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Whether a man hides his bad qualities and vices or confesses them openly, his vanity wants to gain an advantage by it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We feel led to caution . . . against forming the bad habit of incurring debt and taking upon themselves obligations which… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
If the truth is told, the youth can grow Then learn to survive until they gain control Nobody says you have to… — Nas Copy Share Image
President Obama is making the tough decisions to get our country going in the right direction, has taken our economy from job… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control… — Sergei Ivanov Copy Share Image
Be careful that the love of gain draw us not into any business which may weaken our love of our Heavenly Father,… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
She thought, "He whom I love more than my father or mother, he of whom I am always thinking, and in whose… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and contours. You… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Because I'm 5'4' and athletically built, if I gain five pounds it looks like a lot. — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
I often find myself worrying about celebrities. It's an entirely caring thing; it's not like the people who commission those photographs with… — Peter York Copy Share Image
What is society but an individual? [] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Scientific wealth tends to accumulate according to the law of compound interest. Every addition to knowledge of the properties of matter supplies… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior… — John Piper Copy Share Image