Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Of course I miss [drugs]. And anyone who tells you they don't is lying. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“Are our lives just the aggregate of the lies we've told? ('Lives' - the 'v' is silent.)” — William Boyd Copy Share Image
Culture, like the kingdom of heaven, lies within us, and not in foreign galleries and books. — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
People want to see me back in the ring. I think it is more of a drag lying around on the beach. — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
It’s terrible to lie in chains, To rot in dungeon deep, But it’s still worse, when you are free To sleep, and… — Taras Shevchenko Copy Share Image
People are much more willing nowadays to believe that pictures lie than [that] they can express any kind of truth. — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
“I see a city in the desert lies The vanity of an ancient king But the city lies in broken pieces While… — Sting Copy Share Image
I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Dogs don't lie and why should I? Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Complete happiness lies in obedience to Allāh, and anguish is found in disobedience to Him and opposition against Him. — Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di Copy Share Image
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it,… — Jules de Goncourt Copy Share Image
This same economic system, based on short-term growth and endless profits is also the reason for pretty much everything else that is… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Most portraits are lies. People are rarely what they appear to be, especially in front of a camera. You might know me… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
The human species was too fond of lying, cheating, envy, ignorance, self-pity, self-righteousness, and utopian visions that always led to mass murder-but… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In My Secret Life" "I saw you this morning, you were moving so fast. Can't seem to loosen my grip On the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed, believe it or not,… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image