The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on… — George Combe Copy Share Image
When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The only method of restoring the natural equality of dignity between men and women, lies in the demolishment of that elaborate theological… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
It has ever been my hobby-horse to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is the nature of the noble and the good and the wise that they impart to us of their nobility and… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
When the child sees the parent looking for something, it is as natural for it also to look for the object and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
This pride of race is a quality which the German, fundamentally, does not possess. The reason for this is that for these… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
To achieve true sustainability, we must reduce our "garbage index" - that which we permanently throw away into the environment that will… — David Korten Copy Share Image
The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that… — Douglas J. Futuyma Copy Share Image
Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
We made a sacred covenant to follow the Creator's life plan at all times, which includes the responsibility of taking care of… — Thomas Banyacya Copy Share Image
Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I'm capping greenhouse gases,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It [will-making] is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition ... This last act of our… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from… — Andrew Simms Copy Share Image
I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble,… — John Amos Comenius Copy Share Image
The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release… — Cherie Carter-Scott Copy Share Image
While I think men in general should not fuss over how they look, I do feel as though they should make more… — Thom Browne Copy Share Image
To dissociate the child from love is, for our species, a methodological error: contraception, which is to make love without making a… — Jerome Lejeune Copy Share Image
The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Growing up, I can remember singing along with my ma all of the time. I wouldn't say she necessarily 'taught' me how… — Elliott Yamin Copy Share Image
People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Some try to deny it has happened. Some pretend it hasn't.… — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
As a child, I did what any normal kid who grew up without any electricity would do - I spent countless hours… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
For just as the first general precepts of the law of nature are self-evident to one in possession of natural reason, and… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Wilderness, to me, is a spiritual necessity. The mysterious spiritual experience of being close to natural restored my soul [after the death… — Clyde Butcher Copy Share Image
When Hume and Adam Smith prophesied that a little increase of national debt beyond the then amount of it, would probably occasion… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Men are tending to materialism. Houses, lands, and worldly goods attract their attention, and as a mirage lure them on to death.… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
The sciences have sworn among themselves an inviolable partnership; it is almost impossible to separate them, for they would rather suffer than… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
There is no one who cannot derive great help and great benefit from learning; but there are also only a few people… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image