Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
For hours she had lain in a kind of gentle torpor, not unlike that sweet lassitude which masters one in the hush… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“How soft and gentle her name sounds when I whisper it. It lingers on the tongue, insidious and slow, almost like poison,… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
How deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle,… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
Being empowered includes developing the powerful qualities that lead human beings to cultivate wellness and healing. And those are the same qualities… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
... so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is,… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
I have lived in the pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is noble, for what… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Floating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to my own… — Elisabeth Eaves Copy Share Image
Perhaps if Death is kind, and there can be returning, We will come back to earth some fragrant night, And take these… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
With a gentle pressure, our lips met. His hands slipped more firmly about me, and I held myself back, not afraid, but… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The landscape was snow and green ice on broken mountains. These weren't old mountains, worn down by time and weather and full… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
To the glistening Eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy, the Valiant. To the great Western Wood, King Edmund the Just. To… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
...maybe a damned good night's sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The girls I dream of are the gentle ones, wistful by high windows or singing sweet old songs at a piano, long… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Once you have seen quality horsemanship and are exposed to the things you can do to help a horse be gentle and… — Buck Brannaman Copy Share Image
“Before I could reply, he had picked me up, literally swept me off my feet, and kissed me. And afterwards, when I… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
I don't matter here, Shane. I feel like I just don't matter. Stupid, right?" "No," he said. He sounded so gentle it… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I nudged myself closer to the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
If I like hardcore straight-edge punk music, gentle psychedelic folk music, gangster rap, indie-rock with a lot of guitar pedals, and I… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
My mother was gentle and warm. She was the sort of person you could really open up to. I was the eldest… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but… — A.A. Attanasio Copy Share Image
Oh, dear God, thank you, you are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God, and we… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
The disowned parts of ourselves are what get in the way of us having the relationships we long for, the careers we… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate;… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
If I marry: He must be so tall that when he is on his knees, as one has said he reaches all… — Ruth Bell Copy Share Image
Each one of us starts Karate with some particular reason: to be a good fighter, to keep in good shape, to protect… — Tsutomu Ohshima Copy Share Image
Others have falsely claimed to be the inspiration for Tom Booker in The Horse Whisperer. The one who truly inspired me was… — Nicholas Evans Copy Share Image
There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The relic from before birth Enters one's heart one day. Be as careful as if you were holding a full vessel, Be… — Sun Bu'er Copy Share Image
Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
If I had to pick one tribe to go back and live with permanently - and I hate doing this, it's not… — Bruce Parry Copy Share Image
There are many different types of kisses. There's a passionate kiss of farewell - like the kind Rhett gave Scarlett when he… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western woods, King Edmund the Just. To… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields... NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
