A man would still do something out of sheer perversity - he would create destruction and chaos - just to gain his… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Be not afraid, though every stay Should fail, or be removed away, And thou be stript of all; But lose thyself in… — Gerhard Tersteegen Copy Share Image
Things we wish to be true are apt to gain too ready credit with us. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
What great profit you gain from God when you are generous! You give a coin and receive a kingdom; you give bread… — Thomas of Villanova Copy Share Image
In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace. — John Muir Copy Share Image
On a personal note I want to gain more confidence and give back in any way I can. — Skylar Laine Copy Share Image
I like to work out every day. I run, walk, do machines. I'm not neurotic about food. My rule is, don't let… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications - government agencies have always been able to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the country. — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
I learn more with each film, and I gain confidence in my style of working. But at the same time, each one… — Amber Sealey Copy Share Image
“And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who… — Yisroel Dovid Weiss Copy Share Image
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter… — Democritus Copy Share Image
To proportion the eagerness of contest to its importance seems too hard a task for human wisdom. The pride of wit has… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
May you gain more and more confidence in what is difficult and in your solitude among other people. — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
