Whoever will imagine a perpetual confession of ignorance, a judgment without leaning or inclination, on any occasion whatever, hasa conception of Pyrrhonism. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The faith I have when I am in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is so strong that I find it impossible… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
[Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on… — George Combe Copy Share Image
It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to… — Mike Livingston Copy Share Image
We see that God has implanted in all things a natural desire to exist with the fullest measure of existence that is… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
There is another innovation at Harvard which I think made a tremendous difference and that is the decision to try to recruit… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies,… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
When Im in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football.… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In cases in which the related previous personality had committed suicide, the subject has shown an inclination to contemplate and threaten suicide. — Ian Stevenson Copy Share Image
It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations, he possesses this in a eminent… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“Break free from the binding robes of passion that feels like a lump in your heart, perform that surgery today, and you'll… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image