“It is a terrible thing, this kindness that human beings do not lose. Terrible, because when we are finally naked in the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Let this be the criterion always: anything that makes you festive, anything that gives you celebration, anything that makes you dance and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There is nothing in your budget for joy. No books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The nice girl thinks she's giving up something to get something better in return. She gives up control over her own life.… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
My friends say I'm a fool to think that you're the one for me, I guess I'm just a sucker for love.… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
The short story that eventually grew into Constellation was the first fiction set in Russia that I'd ever written, and that was… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
And also, folks live in a regular world, so when they come to our show [Aladdin], we want to take that away… — James Monroe Iglehart Copy Share Image
Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's all about how you were raised and your perspective. It's all about if you want… — Sean Garrett Copy Share Image
It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Rejection is good. Putting others ahead of self, giving things away. Success, money, power, fame, happiness, friends; any kind of pleasure -… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
You only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics,you learn; but when… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I've been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The demon's eyes flicked to mine, his smile widening. "This is Nicholas Gregory Sparagmos's room," he said, and my breath caught. "Delightful,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
We might preach till our tongues rotted, till we should exhaust our lungs and die, but never a soul would be converted… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If you are an incredibly reactive person and you are working on your lowest level, and if you continuously give into your… — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
At Epidaurus, in the stillness, in the great peace that came over me, I heard the heart of the world beat. I… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Give me some mud off a city crossing, some ochre out of a gravel pit and a little whitening and some coal… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world are always to be… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
While anyone who practices a religion has the right to their own religious truths, it doesn't give them the right to violate… — Marianne Thieme Copy Share Image
So there was President Obama, giving his bazillionth speech on health care, droning yet again that “now is the hour when we… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I gave up Christianity at about 14. Came back to it when getting on for 30. Not an emotional conversion; almost purely… — C. S. Lewis 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
To sum it all up, then, what is needed for happy and effectual service is simply to put your work into the… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
As a top manager, you have to not just reward truth-telling, you've got to beg for it, and you've got to demand… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Success for me is going beyond money and power, and measuring success based on a third metric - one founded on well-being,… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
The major difference frequently is in time. The motion picture, for example, gives you considerably more freedom of expression than does the… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely… — Walter Zettl Copy Share Image
The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and… — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
It’s an old Orc axe, which means he’s been in battle. Orcs have killed members of his family, and he’s trying to… — William Kircher Copy Share Image
Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
Usually, when making a film, the surprises are negative surprises. You don't get what you wanted or what you hoped for. The… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
Whether your life is happy or not is your own choice. Many people think I can't live a normal life because I… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It just shows you have come prepared to play and ready to execute. It doesn't give you that much comfort when it's… — Bob Stoops Copy Share Image