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
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“I promised I will always protect you. You've been wounded badly because I've failed to keep that promise. [...] But I won´t… — C.J. Redwine Copy Share Image
“She’d married a man with the intention of spending her life with him, he for her and she for him, a kind… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
Perhaps he could still weave together the broken threads of his life. And yet, I wanted him here now. I needed him… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
Our chaotic economic situation has convinced so many of our young people that there is no room for them. They become uncertain… — Hortense Odlum Copy Share Image
We are not called on to believe this or that doctrine which may be proposed to us till we can do so… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
Dare to conceive of greater things for yourself. Dare to see yourself as strong, confident, successful, and possessed of the patience and… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
He murmers into my hair, "Forget what I said earlier, let's stick with this, I might not survive anything more." I laugh.… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio.… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Jack, I know I’m not perfect, but I’m really hoping you’re not ready to give up on me yet. I don’t have… — J. Sterling Copy Share Image
Godly fear is loving and trusting in Him. As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And "perfect love… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
Do I still think there will be a day when all the wrongs are made right, when our souls find the completion… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Women get a little more excited about New Year's Eve than men do. It's like an excuse: you drink too much, you… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Through the potent example of his own life, President Obama enabled us to believe the best about America, and, therefore, about ourselves.… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
We can work together across countries and cultures like never before through the Internet and social media. Everyone can make a difference,… — Shakira Copy Share Image
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“Because a promise is a promise, Officer Cavatone, and civilization is just a bunch of promises, that’s all it is. A mortgage,… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
In practice [monetary management] is merely a high-sounding euphemism for continuous currency debasement. It consists of constant lying in order to support… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The promise of technology is to remove the division between culture and nature. Whatever part of nature that is left over as… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share Image
The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
She sits down and puts her hand to her chest and rocks. Thinks of all she has lost and will lose. All… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
To politicians, solved problems represent a dire threat - of unemployment and poverty. That's why no problem ever tackled by the government… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Latin America is very fond of the word "hope." We like to be called the "continent of hope." Candidates for deputy, senator,… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
and yet when i finally drifted of in that barely conscious state where logic was absent and dreams encroached i could almost… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
... when the struggle seems to be drifting definitely towards a world social democracy, there may still be very great delays and… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
The Obama administration has admitted that under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor. At first the president guaranteed… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image