Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while, and then the funny side of me is going to… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Within twenty years at the most, he reflected, the huge and simple question, “Was life better before the Revolution than it is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Christ was a sublime actor on the stage of the world. He knew what he was thinking of when he said, "Heaven… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“So much of human life is animal life: we respond to each other as animals.” — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
It may be said that myths give to the transcendent reality an immanent, this-worldly objectivity. Myths speak about gods and demons as… — Rudolf Bultmann Copy Share Image
“Every individual is multicultural; cultures are not monolithic islands but criss-crossed alluvial plains. Individual identity stems from the encounter of multiple collective… — Tzevtan Todorov Copy Share Image
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“Art cannot be excused from following God’s law, and art disgraces itself by seeking that freedom. Anything that cannot be put into… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Come on," Alec said, already stomping down the ramp. "Let's find us a squirrel." He swept the weapon back and forth as… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“Shin-shin-toitsu-do includes a wide variety of stretching exercises, breathing methods, forms of seated meditation and moving meditation, massage-like healing arts, techniques of… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
Our emotions may cry for vengeance in the wake of a horrible crime, but we know that killing the criminal will not… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
“I’m an old-fashioned man, my mistress, but even in my human life I thought the entire idea of death before dishonor was… — Lexi Blake Copy Share Image
Let me roughly divide books into those which compete with the movies and those with which the movies cannot compete. They are… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Politics is the activity by which the framework of human life is sustained; it is not life itself. — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
“Society has become well versed in the methods necessary to weaken the radicalism of the Gospel by reducing Christianity to what is… — Matthew T Eggemeier Copy Share Image
Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Nature (the Art whereby God hath made and governs the World) is by the Art of man, as in many other things,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
