People who carry a musical soul about them are, I think, more receptive than others. They smile more readily. One feels in… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
Parents should be vigilant and spiritually attentive to spontaneously occurring opportunities to bear testimony to their children. Such occasions need not be… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
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In the course of the world, a man must very often put on an easy, frank countenance, upon very disagreeable occasions; he… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Little sins carry with them but little temptations to sin, and then a man shews most viciousness and unkindness, when he sins… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent,… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
A rainbow every morning who would pause to look at? The wonderful which comes often or is plentifully about us is soon… — Charles Scott Sherrington Copy Share Image
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I found the best ideas usually came, not when one was actively striving for them, but when one was in a more… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
Orientation in time, space, and status are the essentials of social existence, and the Balinese, although they make very strong spirits for… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Medicine is a science which hath been (as we have said) more professed than laboured, and yet more laboured than advanced: the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
My mom missed meals on several occasions because there was only enough food to feed all of us. My mom didn't have… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
The Pope was more critical of Christianity than Islam during his visit (to Bavaria). He said on several occasions that the secular… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
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What gives value to travel is fear. It is a fact that, at a certain moment, when we are so far from… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
You’ll join me sooner than you know in a place with . . . no illusions, where the truth is the only… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I don't suppose I can wear the flamingo tie," he said as he pulled on black socks. "It's a bit festive, given… — John Green Copy Share Image
There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
American women often fall into the trap of, "Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
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I was not in agreement with the sharp anti-Semitic tone, but from time to time I read arguments which gave me some… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Did you just kiss me?" Will inquired. Magnus made a slip-second decision. "No." "I thought-" "On occasion the aftereffects of the painkilling… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. They think, "I… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Boswell's Johnson is the word made flesh... an extemporaneous man talking himself into the thick of every occasion (in a world ofoccasions… — Marvin Mudrick Copy Share Image
“Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide.… — Craig Childs Copy Share Image
I grew up having great awareness of who I was in regards to racial identity and socio-economic status. This caused me great… — Sho Baraka Copy Share Image
On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while,… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
It is possible for a mathematician to be "too strong" for a given occasion. He forces through, where another might be driven… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
How did you find me anyway." "For all that I must keep reminding you that I am not a bloodhound, it's true… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
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