The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Rarely do schools acknowledge the power of peer culture in defining standards, and rarely do they take advantage of this power as… — Sandy Berger Copy Share Image
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Immigrants who come to a country are going to lose something, for sure, but they hope to gain a great deal by… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
People can attach themselves to something--an idea, another person, a desire--with an impossibly strong grip, and in the case of restless ghosts,… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Broadband connections allow us to access more robust types of content, services, and applications - video chat versus email, or live streaming… — Tae Yoo Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
You were supposed to have hope, right? You were supposed to respect its power and hold on. And so I did. I… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There… — Alan Cooper Copy Share Image
It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I said to George Lucas, "I'd like a purple lightsaber." And he said, "Why?" and I said, "I just want to be… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn't be more right. I'm… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It's a certain kind of human compact that obviously you lose as soon as there is a screen and a camera there,… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. Love is too powerful to hide for very long. Deny it and suffer the consequences. Acknowledge… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
I am not by any means a philosopher, although I have worked with some talented people in the discipline. But certain philosophical… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Sperry's thinking about subjective experience, consciousness, the mind, and human values makes a powerful plea for a new scientific examination of ethics… — Roger Wolcott Sperry Copy Share Image
Being with the mainstream isn't very difficult - the tide is powerful, and it is easy to let it sweep us along… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
My basic idea is that programming is the most powerful medium of developing the sophisticated and rigorous thinking needed for mathematics, for… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
When you see pictures of Gordie even at 50, you could see he was just a powerful man. You see Patty Marleau… — Joe Thornton Copy Share Image
With a strong foundation in scripted programming firmly established by 'Army Wives' and 'Drop Dead Diva,' Lifetime is aggressively expanding its drama… — Nancy Dubuc Copy Share Image
What makes the strength of the soldier isn't the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending him a… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
It was not the goal that really concerned us, the journey was the thing. Who ever reaches any goal? From what journey… — Ben Robertson Copy Share Image
The corporations are powerful only because we have allowed them to be. In theory, it is we, not they, who mandate the… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future. From this day forward, the millions… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
O, this faith is a living, busy, active, powerful thing! It is impossible that it should not be ceaselessly doing that which… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Al-Qaida became the new Soviet Union, and in the process, Bin Laden became a demonic, terrifyingly powerful figure brooding in a cave… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
The bombs held in current nuclear arsenals are seventy times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. If we don't begin… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
The oceans are in trouble. There are some serious problems out there that I believe are not clear to many people. My… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
My fitness inspiration has always been athletes, my whole life. Serena Williams is a great friend of mine and Ronda Rousey -… — Gigi Hadid Copy Share Image
I do think prayer is powerful and it is not to be diminished. Some of us who are struggling to put food… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into… — Elinor Ostrom Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist texts, some of them say, when you die, basically that wild horse gets cut loose, and the mind is… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
