A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
...there is a celebrated aphorism insisting that the best way to live is to 'work like you don't need the money, dance… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
Christians aren’t making a religious claim when they say Jesus rose from the grave. They’re making a historical one; they’re saying that… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing… — Preet Bharara Copy Share Image
TODD: The history of the world, my love -- LOVETT: Save a lot of graves, Do a lot of relatives favors! TODD:… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“They have been busy digging a grave for you. Not knowing that their own time of death is set to be right… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
We start out in identical perfection: bright, reflective, full of sun. The accident of our lives bruises us into dirty individuality. We… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
One way we exercise political freedom is to vote for the candidate of our choice. Another way is to use our money… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
When death strikes down the innocent and young, for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned… — William Watson Copy Share Image
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
There are five dark matters and five lamps. Love of this world is darkness, and the fear of Allaah is its lamp.… — Abu Bakr Copy Share Image
“Still stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping.… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Lines I die but when the grave shall press The heart so long endeared to thee When earthy cares no more distress… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
There surely is a being who presides over the universe; and who, with infinite wisdom and power, has reduced the jarring elementsinto… — David Hume Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Abby,” he murmured, lifting a hand to curve around her neck. “I love you.” A sob slipped free and she wrapped her… — Shiloh Walker Copy Share Image
I like to think how easily Nature will absorb London as she absorbed the mastodon, setting her spiders to spin the winding-sheet… — Edward Thomas Copy Share Image
I suppose there is no place in the world where snobbery is quite so ever-present or where it is cultivated in such… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I don't know as I am fit for anything and I have thought that I could wish to die young and let… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Among many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, "The cannibals! you will… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
It is imperative that the entire Christian community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Good night; ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours. * While sky and sea and land And earth's foundations stand And… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its… — Leon Panetta Copy Share Image
At least with [Hillary] Clinton, you know, there was some degree of transparency. There was some sense of what's going on here,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The wealthiest places in the world are not gold mines, oil fields, diamond mines or banks. The wealthiest place is the cemetery.… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I still grieve for the words unsaid. Something terrible happens when we stop the mouths of the dying before they are dead.… — Faye Moskowitz Copy Share Image
Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear;… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In the end, we must restore a balance within ourselves between who we are and what we are doing. Each of us… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The universe is an emanation of mind. As human consciousness evolves in an accelerated spiral, we are being compelled to realize that… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image