To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The common prejudice against philosophy is the result of the incapacity of the multitude to deal with the highest problems. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every political contest is hard, that's part of the DNA in America. We make it really tough to run for and hold… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The head has the most beautiful appearance, as well as the highest station, in a human figure. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Finally you begin to make your mistakes on the highest level-let's say the upper slopes of slippery Parnassus-and it's at that point… — John Barth Copy Share Image
The purest lesson our era has taught is that man, at his highest, is an individual, single, isolate, alone, in direct soul-communication… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The human soul has sojourned in lower and higher forms, migrating from one to another according to the samskaras or impressions, but… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
We might experience bad things in our lives. But if we worship a God who suffered more than us, this is our… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
Sacrifice does not mean that, by giving, we lose something. We sacrifice our limited self to our highest and largest Self, and… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Horsemanship through the history of all nations has been considered one of the highest accomplishments. You can't pass a park without seeing… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
What I really like about Cuba is that you can go into a local bar in a provincial town and you'll get… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
The highest level of prayer is not a prayer for anything. It is a deep and profound silence, in which we allow… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Being an elite performer on the playing field of life is not about being perfect. Rather, it is about cultivating a mental… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
America is an idea, but it's an idea that brings with it some baggage, like power brings responsibility. It's an idea that… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order. ...… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
The true liberation of eroticism lies in accepting the fact that there are a million facets to it, a million forms of… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
What deep and worthy love is so, whether of woman or child, or art or music. Our caresses, our tender words, our… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Trial by jury is a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature [and] our most important guardian both of public and… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
The poet Muriel Rukeyser said the universe is composed of stories, not of atoms. The physicist Werner Heisenberg declared that the universe… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self. — Novalis Copy Share Image
“Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life. — Klas Pontus Arnoldson Copy Share Image
There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Become aware of and recognize fully the fact that the Principle of Power within you is God Himself. You must consciously identify… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
The electricity tariff in Punjab is highest in north India, and it should be decreased. — Preneet Kaur Copy Share Image
Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Being yourself in a world which wants you to be someone else is the highest possible attainment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority. — Mel Carnahan Copy Share Image
“The highest practice is the one that is most effective, not necessarily the one categorized as “higher.” — Tenzin Wangyal Copy Share Image
Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The word ‘no’ is a great time-saver. Say no to anything that is not the highest and best use of your time. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image