I believe there is something of the divine mystery in everything that exists. We can see it sparkle in a sunflower or… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Most People are wretched more by the Fears of what may come, than what they endure at present. ... a manifest Contradiction… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I want to just take a moment to thank the Teabaggers. Thank you so much for helping us pass health care, for… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
You go real long in this business, and then you have these light-bulb moments. I just had this fleeting moment of fearlessness… — Cody Rhodes Copy Share Image
For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series.… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Take solace, take comfort. Your problems, too, will go away one day. They're temporary. The only thing that is permanent in nature… — Prem Rawat Copy Share Image
A lot of directors on a base level are fearful of actors and maybe even distrustful. I love the craft of acting… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
“Colin didn’t want to go back to his room. He walked around for a very long time, looking down at the sidewalks… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws. Now, once we observe that destruction… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
You have to pull all your energy back to the present moment. And the moment the whole energy becomes a pool, here… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and… — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
I played Lucky in Waiting for Godot at Yale and it was a thing that Stanislavski talks about: he says you don't… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
God has called us into a place of tenderness, when nobody is looking, when there are no great decisions to make, when… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
The moment in the account of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis is when they realize they're naked and try… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of… — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his reflective processes,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
There's no way out of this, it's stark: live or die. Every given moment a bubble that bursts. Step on, from one… — Carol Birch Copy Share Image
Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
Soon the child’s clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions, and abstractions. Simple free being becomes encrusted with the… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
My photographs tried to find the politicians at their most wary, most vulnerable, and perhaps most truthful moments. I wanted the photographs… — Jerome Liebling Copy Share Image
There was that moment of, "Oh, my parents are watching Columbo and I hate it" to "No, I love this show, too."… — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
All those awkward moments - that's on the cast for doing such an amazing job. I think it was funny on the… — Ti West Copy Share Image
You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments of grace or joy or transcendence, to make real or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney's rally in Mansfield, Ohio, on Monday began the way every political event begins. 'Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance… — Ari Shapiro Copy Share Image
I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain't a color, disease ain't the Negro side… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think in the early part of my career, the roles were so disparate that it never gave anybody an opportunity to… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
God is real. God is here now. God is this moment revealed. For the most part, we are lost in the past… — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The moment one starts sharing one's being without any motive life becomes a sweet fragrance. It is all honey. Then everything remains… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
