There seems to be a kind of order in the universe…in the movement of the stars and the turning of the Earth… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
In recent years my understanding of God had evolved into increasingly remote abstractions. I'd come to think of God in terms like… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that… — David Brin Copy Share Image
The idea that someone has to give you permission to become who you want to be, or see it in you in… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
Most conservatives - by which I mean normal people - have little conception of the aggressive and revolutionary force that confronts them.… — Tom Bethell Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or,… — J. Willard Gibbs Copy Share Image
When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
I'm not a person who would get up at 5 A.M. to write, but I could sacrifice my Friday night and just… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
It's woman's spirit and mood a man has to stimulate in order to make sex interesting. The real lover is the man… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul... — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Memories seem to surface in no particular order, with no time attached. Yesterday can seem as distant as last year. My life… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
You probably have to split yourself in various ways just in order to survive, and to think of yourself as a multitude. — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
But if you will recall the history of our civil troubles, you will see half the nation bathe itself, out of piety,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it,… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Experiences in order to be educative must lead out into an expanding world of subject matter, a subject matter of facts or… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The clatter of a changing world is not pleasant, and those who have enjoyed the comforts and protection of the old order… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In order to find yourself, who you really are, you got to be with yourself; you got to hang out with yourself. — Post Malone Copy Share Image
People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
