Nothing better protects a human being against the stupidity of prejudice, racism, religious or political sectarianism, and exclusivist nationalism than this truth… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“Literature tried to open the universe, to increase, even if only slightly the sum total of what it was possible for human… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century,… — Andrew Schneider Copy Share Image
“After being shown pictures of people coughing, cartoonish germs sprouting from a sponge, and similar infection-evoking images, women—the sex most vulnerable to… — Kathleen McAuliffe Copy Share Image
“Thank you, Lord, for the gift of this day. Thank you for making Mommy to be a woman and Daddy to be… — Gregory K. Popcak Copy Share Image
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
“You seem disappointed that I am not more responsive to your interest in "spiritual direction". Actually, I am more than a little… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
“But the problem is not really with God or his word. The problem is with us. The difficulties we have with those… — Claire Smith Copy Share Image
The longing for initiation is universal and for modern youth, it is a desperate need. When nothing is offered in the way… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Do you say that religion is still needed? Then I answer that Work, Study, Health and Love constitute religion. . . .… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“it is when thus relieved from the state of tension belonging to actual study that boys and girls, as well as men… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more,… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Every night in Shanghai those Chinese too poor to pay for the burial of their relatives would launch the bodies from the… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Inciting women to rebel against the divine laws of Islam.’ This became the accusation that was leveled against me whenever I wrote… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
The popes have spoken of human ecology, closely linked to environmental ecology. We are living in a time of crisis: we see… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“It is time we admitted, from kings and presidents on down, that there is no evidence that any of our books was… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“We have seasonal festivals where men and women can join,” he explained. Sora felt the conversation take a different turn. She hesitated,… — T.L. Shreffler Copy Share Image
There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Google searches, however, reveal that there was one line that did trigger the type of response then-president Obama might have wanted. He… — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Copy Share Image
Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don't know the statistics, but there's a growing concern in some communities about how… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of… — George Tenet Copy Share Image
It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I can never understand why I should eat at one or sleep at eleven, if it is, as it often is, my… — Zona Gale Copy Share Image
The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled up in… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In virtually every Continental state at this time, aristocracies had to live with the risk that their property might be pillaged or… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“We are all the spirit sons and daughters of a loving God who is our Father. We are part of His family.… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“You'll have a good, secure life when being alive means more to you than security, love more than money, your freedom more… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
We are involved in an intense battle. It is a battle between right and wrong, between truth and error, between the design… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Leaders instill courage in the hearts of those who follow. This rarely happens through words alone. It generally requires action. It goes… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
“Men and women are learning animals. If you do not see what they have learned, you're blind. They are creatures ever changing,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“I harbor ill feelings toward a society, and a clergy, that allows marriage partners to split over the smallest incompatibility, where divorce… — Robert Dykstra Copy Share Image
Recalling that a good chunk of the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes are Romney supporters - especially of course seniors… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“It is a good thing for a man to live in a family for the same reason that it is a good… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
“Though men in their hundreds of thousands had tried their hardest to disfigure that little corner of the earth where they had… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image