The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for… — Richard Owen Copy Share Image
The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What lies at the end of the life path? The answer is simple: Nothing lies over there! That's why mankind must change… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind — that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it,… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The movement of comets is part of the ordinary works of nature which, without regard to the happiness or misery of mankind,… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it! — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
I have every magazine known to mankind. I just love home decor and travel magazines, and I'm inspired to go visit places… — Jillian Barberie Copy Share Image
If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The so-called Philosophy of India is even more blowsy and senseless than the metaphysics of the West. It is at war with… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“There is something about the very idea of a city which is central to the understanding of a planet like Earth, and… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
...What is the use of beauty? i have lived my life surrounded by painters, and still I do not know the answer.… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
The woman has circumvented man in a variety of ways in her unconsciously subtle ways, as the man has vainly and equally… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
America has everything most countries envy. A Constitution which is the treasure of mankind, a strong military, natural resources of every kind.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Most writers begin with accounts of their first home, their family, and the town, often from quite a hostile point of view-love/hate,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Beer was the driving force that led nomadic mankind into village life. It was this appetite for beer-making material that led to… — Alan D. Eames Copy Share Image
“She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This is the patent-age of new inventions For killing bodies, and for saving souls, All propagated with the best intentions; Sir Humphrey… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God -… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The noblest calling in the world is motherhood. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions.… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon of hope for all women around you and then for the whole… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The most universally awesome experience that mankind knows is to stand alone on a clear night and look at the stars. It… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The verses talked about other Prophets as brothers preaching the same unifying script of mankind, showing every man and woman the way… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
