“If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The metaphysical insanities of Athanasius, of Loyola, and of Calvin, are, to my understanding, mere lapses into polytheism, differing from paganism only… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The mere existence of 'Buffy' proves the declinists wrong about one thing: Hollywood commercialism can produce great art. Complex and evolving characters.… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
We see daily that our lives are terrible and little, without continuity, buyable and salable at any moment, mere blips on a… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest;… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
He wondered how he could ever have thought of the planets, even of the Earth, as islands of life and reality floating… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The splitting up of color [as Impressionists did] brought the splitting up of form and contour . . . Everything is reduced… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist — Charles Rennie Mackintosh Copy Share Image
There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease. — William James Copy Share Image
Some observers compare elections in some countries with sports events, where people are but spectators. Moreover, elections must not be mere interludes… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight… — Hermann Broch Copy Share Image
They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Mere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. It will get in the way, it will be all elbows. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate… — John Noble Copy Share Image
Models now need to promote themselves, think like business women and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
These glorious things-words-are man's right alone...Without words we should know no more of each other's hearts and thoughts than the dog knows… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Mere physical growing up, mere mastery of the bare necessities of subsistence will not suffice to reproduce the life of the group.… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress,… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
It's a mere moment in a man's life between an All-Star game and an old-timer's game. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image