Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a… — Irving Layton Copy Share Image
Foolish, whenever you take the meanness and formality of that thing you do, instead of converting it into the obedient spiracle ofyour… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Meanness is the one thing I do get upset about on those rare occasions when I see it. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
“Sadness, lack of recognition, and loneliness turn into bitterness. When people believe that their identity is unrecognized, it feels like injustice—because it… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There is no vice, of which a man can be guilty, no meanness, no shabbiness, no unkindness, which excited so much indignation… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The jealous man lives in hell. Drop comparing and jealousy disappears, meanness disappears, phoniness disappears. But you can drop it only if… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. — Rumi Copy Share Image
What often seemed like meanness or coldness was really fear of emotions and intimacy. — Bob Colacello Copy Share Image
Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead," The Misfit continued, "and He shouldn't have done it. He shown everything… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows into which women are plunged by the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
“Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Look here — we shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.” — Phil Lester Copy Share Image
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Men who have practiced tortures on animals without pity, relating them without shame, how can… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It never occurred to him to be spiritually won over to the enemy. Many moderns, inured to a weak worship of intellect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,… — Marian Anderson Copy Share Image
Islam emphasized the internal purity of man that is achieved through the purity of the mind in realizing the Right and the… — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained,… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
