There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
If you don't pray often, you won't gain a love for praying. Prayer is work, and therefore it is not very appealing… — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia". — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
You can shave your head, but I've had to gain a lot of weight for movies, I've had to drop weight really… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
We may have a tiny little room that we rent, and if we keep it clean and it's impeccable, then we gain… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We secured peace for our country for one and a half years, as well as an opportunity of preparing our forces for… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I live in between My heart's compassion-rain And my life's oneness-gain. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Loving someone is a loss of freedom -- but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
If the poet spun for half an hour daily, his poetry would gain in richness. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You will have a growing knack for gravitating toward wilder, wetter, more interesting problems. More and more, you will be drawn to… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Suppose two-thirds of the members of the national House of Representatives were dumped into the Washington garbage incinerator tomorrow, what would we… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at… — Plato Copy Share Image
He had tenderness in his heart — ‘a soft place,’ as Nicholas Higgins called it; but he had some pride in concealing… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I do think whatever the short-term gain for [Donald]Trump might've been by skipping the Fox debate, it was also kind of -… — Ryan Grim Copy Share Image
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited… — Holly Black Copy Share Image