Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Lucky accidents seldom happen to writers who don't work. You will find that you may rewrite and rewrite a poem and it… — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
Cats are cats . . . the world over! These intelligent, peace-loving, four-footed friends- who are without prejudice, without hate, without greed-… — Lilian Jackson Braun Copy Share Image
You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
By freely choosing to believe God's promises, a person's faith may be more strongly embraced and, therefore, less likely to falter in… — Mary C. Neal Copy Share Image
When the wayfarer whistles in the dark, he may be disavowing his timidity, but he does not see any the more clearly… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
May the peace of God be with you," she says, her voice low, "even in the midst of trouble." "Why would it?"… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Though I may not have left a huge mark, I did create some ripples. People would recollect there was an actor called… — Arbaaz Khan Copy Share Image
I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
You may be asking yourself, 'Am I the right type of person to go to this rally?' The fact that you would… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of… — Savitri Devi Copy Share Image
Long words, fat talk they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
I try not to wear foundation unless I have a giant pimple, which sometimes I do. For the red carpet, I may… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Successful investment may become substantially a matter of techniques and criteria that are learnable, rather than the product of unique and incommunicable… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind....… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death. — Anselm of Canterbury Copy Share Image
Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, “Daddy, look — one of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The errors of former times are recorded for our instruction in order that we may avoid their repition. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
My wife convinced me to try doing the restorations digitally. I thought I could learn the photo editing software over the Thanksgiving… — Donald Lambert Copy Share Image
Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Everybody, whether or not he puts the question vocally, wants to know whether life has any meaning, what his relation is to… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so:… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem. — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
