“In the city, strangers seldom meet beyond daily functions. Instead, they brush by with a haste and preoccupation that so defines a… — Joshua Krook Copy Share Image
“Dogmatic theology is, by its very nature, unchangeable. The same can be said in regard to the spirit of the law. Law… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
A subject to which few intellectuals ever give a thought is the right to be a vagrant, the freedom to wander. Yet… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share Image
The equilibrium you admire in me is an unstable one, difficult to maintain. My inner life was split early between the call… — Leopold Sedar Senghor Copy Share Image
“What constitutes the pleasure of the traveler is the obstacle, the fatigue, the peril itself. What pleasure can there be in an… — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“This is the Modern Man, who cannot save himself but wants to save the world. He is the Wise who knows not.… — Cristiane Serruya Copy Share Image
My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh.… — Jonathan Krisel Copy Share Image
“Can you not see," I said, "that fairy tales in their essence are quite solid and straightforward; but that this everlasting fiction… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The economic metaphor came to be applied to every aspect of modern life, especially the areas where it simply didn't belong. In… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“You have still to learn,’ said Jasper, ‘that modesty helps a man in no department of modern life. People take you at… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“There are many things that men and women ought to think about, and must think about, in private, that they would not… — R.A. Torrey Copy Share Image
“It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply it's bareness, it's… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Those were the two prerequisites, in my conception, to perfect friendship: capacity to worship and capacity to laugh. Modern life is not… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Early to bed and early to rise, and you'll meet very few of the best people. — George Ade Copy Share Image
“Remember the 'meet-cute'? The charming encounter at the bookstore, the chance meeting at a coffee shop, the accidental bump-in at the dog… — Ronen Dancziger Copy Share Image
Modern life, especially with young children, so often seems like a mad rush... We so rarely take time to just do nothing… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“Just as islands—isolated places with unique, rich biodiversity—have relevance for the ecosystems everywhere, so does studying seemingly isolated or overlooked people and… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
Modern life requires us to be more and more flexible in our attire. — Giorgio Armani Copy Share Image
Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city. — Le Corbusier Copy Share Image
In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule. — Mahesh Babu Copy Share Image
As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
America has always been greatest when we dared to be great. We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
