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Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
To the greatest extent possible, I try to make choices that involve the least amount of cruelty and environmental damage. I'm interested… — Vesanto Melina Copy Share Image
It's not in the mainstream media yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. That… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
If we want to avoid a clash of cultures - and the jury is still out on whether we can - we'll… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
To be motherly is a totally different phenomenon. It is something absolutely human; it transcends animality. It has nothing to do with… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We don’t like to think of ourselves as prey—it is a lessening thought—but the truth is that in our arrogance and so-called… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
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Never can a new idea move within the law. It matters not whether that idea pertains to political and social changes or… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The power of growth, of improvement, the power to overcome all stagnation and break through every obstacle and transform a barren wasteland… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
For as soon as the procreative faculty is thwarted and the number of births diminished, the natural struggle for existence which allows… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When I step foot to my locker and change shoes for training, its like turning on a switch. I become a creature.… — Jason Bennett Copy Share Image
There are many ways that we grow, but there are two major ways: We shed what no longer works, or we're broken… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
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...the first thing you do at the end is reflect on the beginning. Maybe it's some form of reverse closure, or just… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
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I think memory is the most important asset of human beings. It's a kind of fuel; it burns and it warms you.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper.… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
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In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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The laws expressing the relations between energy and matter are, however, not solely of importance in pure science. They necessarily come first… — Frederick Soddy Copy Share Image
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it… — Ajahn Brahm Copy Share Image
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Many common problems are caused by wrong attitudes. People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I think that obviously the quest for purpose, or meaning, or understanding to existence is something that I always think about, always… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
John Colman Wood's The Names of Things is a thoughtful, patient, and ultimately rewarding book. It's about, among many other things, the… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
As a sensitive filmmaker, I think you have to really be careful in how you explore it. Not that you can't tell… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
We're opening the doors to people launching missiles and dropping bombs by taking the human out of the decision chain for deciding… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The history of religions reaches down and makes contact with that which is essentially human: the relation of man to the sacred.… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
The human heart cries out for help; the human soul implores us for deliverance; but we do not heed their cries, for… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
