There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship… — Confucius Copy Share Image
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a… — Claudia Roth Pierpont Copy Share Image
Look at Goethe, at Lamartine and at many others! To depict feelings on this high plane, you must give up the process… — Paul Bourget Copy Share Image
“Dean Walker, my brother. The man that's well on his way to earning the proud title of town drunk.” — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
That the divided but contiguous particles of bodies may be separated from one another is a matter of observation; and, in the… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe. — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
The plan of salvation as stated in the Bible can be seen through observation of the universe around us. — Hugh Ross Copy Share Image
The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
It is for the most part in our skill in manners, and in the observations of time and place and of decency… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Man is aware; he perceives and interprets the world around him. When he uses logic as a tool for interpretation, it becomes… — Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal Copy Share Image
One of my first observations about New York that I was so fascinated with was that you'd be at a stoplight and… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this case, the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
To voice something you're feeling and put observations into words with another person who is totally present is a creative act embodying… — Jean Shinoda Bolen Copy Share Image
As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred,… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with feeling great… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses;… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Galen's observations reflect one of the distinctive features of early Christianity. Roman-era religion was mainly about ritual actions vis-à-vis the gods, and… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a… — Richard Holmes Copy Share Image
