We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence. — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly… — M. H. Abrams Copy Share Image
Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view… — Brooke Westcott Copy Share Image
But then Mason touches my neck, to the spot on it where the cut from that night has since healed, and I… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“Bones are patient. Bones never tire nor do they run away. When you come upon a man who has been dead many… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The challenge to the improvisor is to get permanence into his spontaneity. The challenge to the composer is to get spontaneity into… — Barry Finnerty Copy Share Image
No one who traces the history of motherhood, of the home, of child-rearing practices will ever assume the eternal permanence of our… — Jessie Bernard Copy Share Image
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
The shower of answers to your prayers will continue to your dying hour. Nor will it cease then. When you pass out… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“The child will leave the nest. The best paint job will crack. The best play will become boring. The best work will… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. — William James Copy Share Image
I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highly creative exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know… — Bernice Rubens Copy Share Image
Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond. — Max Anders Copy Share Image
But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
You can't learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
“If you wipe a dirty spot off a wall you've removed it, but you haven't eliminated it. You're stuck with a dirty… — Billy Apple Copy Share Image
The spoken discourse may roll on strongly as the great tidal wave; but, like the wave, it dies at last feebly on… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
Sometimes, photographs live in our hearts as unborn ghosts and we survive not because their shadows find permanence there, but because that… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
Tom: If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for… — David Vitter Copy Share Image
