And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and… — James Agee Copy Share Image
Marriage and deathless friendship, both should be inviolable and sacred: two great creative passions, separate, apart, but complementary: the one pivotal, the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The fact of the religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
“I have a theory that all human babies are born prematurely. Given the human life span – three score years and ten… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Betrayal means that, faced with opposition or temptation or ridicule, we fail to stand by a commitment to another. It’s another instance… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“All pulpits must passionately declare Christ to be the eternal Son of the living God, the only Savior of sinners. All preaching… — Steven J. Lawson Copy Share Image
“It is almost impossible to express the extraordinary silence that came over everyone whose eyes were fixed on the painting––not a rustle,… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Human life, from the cradle to the grave, is a school. At every period of his existence man wants a teacher. His… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“Work, worry, toil and trouble are certainly the lot of almost all throughout their lives. But if all desires were fulfilled as… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“I can believe that things are true and I can believe things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“The human condition comprehends more than the conditions under which life has been given to man. Men are conditioned beings because everything… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“How we eat is connected to how we care for the planet which is connected to how we use our resources which… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The question of meaning goes all the way down: if human life as a whole is meaningless, so is everything that occurs… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
When engaged in safe occupations, and living in healthy countries, men are much more apt to be frugal, than in unhealthy, or… — John Rae Copy Share Image
A father's interest in having a child--perhaps his only child--may be unmatched by any other interest in his life. It is truly… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
Environmental problems provoke challenges about what kind of world we want, how important we think it is if something is brought about… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
It is about time that the religious and environmental faithful joined forces. No one wins when divisive politics pits the right to… — Alex Bruce Copy Share Image
Human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings, which can be deciphered like cuneiform writing. There exists a meaning, hidden… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
We give antibiotics to people when they're dying or when they're not well; that's acting God. I mean, acting God is using… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Human life moves only in one direction - toward disease, damage, and death. The best you can hope for is to remain… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
I believe the family is the foundation of America - and that we must fight to protect and strengthen it. I believe… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Life means to have something definite to do-a mission to fulfill-and in the measure in which we avoid setting our life to… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful – friendship, love, art, and truth – will end. All aspects… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Mountains overawe and oceans terrify, while the mystery of great forests exercises a spell peculiarly its own. But all these, at one… — Algernon Blackwood Copy Share Image
In order to correctly define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Dogs are intelligent beings; they are not human beings. The life of a dog - there's no equivalency with the life of… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
“I never did manage to lose weight, though - not significantly - and my minor "successes" weren't through any eating patterns that… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was wrong if there was a man suffering altitude problems and was huddled under a rock, just to lift your hat,… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
