The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
We seem to be in the midst of a process of cascading bifurcations that may last some 50 more years. We can… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable?… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Do the Pentecostals look back with shame as they remember when they dwelt across the theological tracks, but with the glory of… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue,… — Bo Lozoff Copy Share Image
The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness.… — Huineng Copy Share Image
There are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
My intention was to create a work of art which would transcend the visible, which cannot be perceived except in stages, with… — Yaacov Agam Copy Share Image
Sorrow is so woven through us, so much a part of our souls, or at least any understanding of our souls that… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
But the small cloud which appeared in the northwest four months ago had blown up into a mighty storm and then into… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
It is true, Monsieur," Raoule went on, shrugging her shoulders, "that I have had lovers in my life as I have books… — Rachilde Copy Share Image
In the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
It is, indeed, a fact that, in the midst of society and sociability every evil inclination has to place itself under such… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Remember that pride is the worst viper that is in the heart, the greatest disturber of the soul's peace and sweet communion… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
I understood that all the material of a literary work was in my past life, I understood that I had acquired it… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Cancer begins and ends with people. In the midst of scientific abstraction, it is sometimes possible to forget this one basic fact.… — June Goodfield Copy Share Image
What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
Surely as a man may say of a rock--nothing more quiet, because it is never stirred; and yet nothing more unquiet, because… — Edward Reynolds Copy Share Image
The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
As Dante says in the beginning of the Inferno, 'In the midst of life's journey I found myself in a dark wood,… — Christopher Vogler Copy Share Image
This is what reading is like to me. It's finding a spring in the midst of a barren land. Just when I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It is the basic principle of spiritual life that we learn the deepest things in unknown territory. Often it is when we… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
I find it amazing that the only group of people who are not fighting and not killing and not pillaging and not… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I pray for my nation, South Africa. As Jesus stood in the boat and commanded the storms to be calm, I stand… — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
It's important for me to try to find new ways to express myself, but at the same time, have integrity, and still… — Fashawn Copy Share Image
The individual comes face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind has not come to a… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them; and starves himself in the midst of plenty,… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it.… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image