It is believed by everyone that when he was in heaven he was stern, hard, resentful, jealous and cruel, but that when… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To me, a lady is not frilly, flouncy, flippant, frivolous and fluff-brained, but she is gentle, she is gracious, she is godly… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Even bigger machines, entailing even bigger concentrations of economic power and exerting ever greater violence against the environment, do not represent progress:… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“Juliette-Julietter, love, wake up-wake up" ... Warner's hands cup my face. The warmth of his skin helps calm me somehow, and I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Let it not be death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“Its very pulse, if I may use the word, was like no other clock. It did not mark the flight of every… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief,… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their… — Lisa Schwarzbaum Copy Share Image
There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think why. In my macabre pictures, I… — Peter Cushing Copy Share Image
I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance,… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The love-making of the bluebird is as beautiful as the bird itself, and normally as gentle, unless interrupted by some jealous rival… — Arthur Cleveland Bent Copy Share Image
Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we can be… — Thomas Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
If a preacher is cultured, gentle, earnest, intellectual, and broadly tolerant, the sheep of God run after him. He, of course, speaks… — C. I. Scofield Copy Share Image
Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of… — Theodore J. Forstmann Copy Share Image
The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
Alice Malloy had dark, stringy hair, and even her husband, who loved her more than he knew, was sometimes reminded by her… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The beauty of a woman transcends all other forms of beauty, as well in the sweetness of its suggestions, as in the… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
To all my gentle readers who have treated me with love for over 30 years, I must say farewell. It has always… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Azriel arrived first, no shadows to be seen, my sister a pale, golden mass in his arms. He, too, wore his Illyrian… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“Be gentle. Pay attention. Offer purposeful healing. Seek Equilibrium. Unfreeze, slowly. Stretch yourself out into the world. Let your eyes calibrate to… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
And our experience in England was that. It was a delight. I had never even been to England and I got to… — Jerusha Hess Copy Share Image
Little soul, gentle and drifting, guest and companion of my body, now you will dwell below in pallid places, stark and bare;… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
The substance of mind is the substance of heaven. A joyful thought is an auspicious star or a felicitous cloud. An angry… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The rocks have a history; gray and weatherworn, they are veterans of many battles; they have most of them marched in the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
God...made childhood joyous, full of life, bubbling over with laughter, playful, bright and sunny. We should put into their childhood days just… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless. Spiritual… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We stopped eating meat many years ago. During the course of a Sunday lunch we happened to look out of the kitchen… — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
When we seek inspiration to help make decisions, the Lord gives gentle promptings. These require us to think, to exercise faith, to… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The child--a skilled actor with a hundred masks: a different one for his mother, father, grandmother or grandfather, for a stern or… — Janusz Korczak Copy Share Image
If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
