Occupy did something fabulous. What Occupy made clear was that there is an inequality at the heart of American democracy that undermines… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The recovery movementis not primarily addressed to people who always knew about their sexual victimization. Its main intendedaudience is women who aren't… — Frederick Crews Copy Share Image
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics… — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
Expectations of goals and rewards (such as Enlightenment) are recognized for what they are: last-ditch attempts by the ghostly self to subvert… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
To put it another way, I believe that purpose and principle, clearly understood and articulated, and commonly shared, are the genetic code… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub.… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve — hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve —… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The Gothic idea that we were to look backwards instead of forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In this way, a permanent energy field of a pure and high frequency will arise between you. No illusion, no pain, no… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It is a relatively small number of people who want to impose their will by the use of terror on the rest… — John Reid Copy Share Image
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The purpose prong of the Lemon test requires that a government activity have a secular purpose. That requirement is not satisfied, however,… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It seems like the big difference between good art and so-so art lies somewhere in the art's heart's purpose, the agenda of… — David Foster Copy Share Image
I photograph in public and semi-public spaces that date from various epochs. These are spaces accessible to everyone. They are places where… — Candida Hofer Copy Share Image
“In the search for meaning we must not forget that the gods (or God, for that matter) are a concept of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Here was the rub: one must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
People must belong to a tribe; they yearn to have a purpose larger than themselves. We are obligated by the deepest drives… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The rest and the spell of sleep in the middle of the day refresh the human frame far more than a long… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Orchids manufacture their intricate devices from the common components of ordinary flowers, parts usually fitted for very different functions. If God had… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
What is there to understand? The significance of life? How long will it take to understand the significance and the meaning of… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
My pet peeves are people touching me a lot. Random dudes grabbing me and slapping me across the back. They're not doing… — Rob Gronkowski Copy Share Image
If you don't put a value on money and seek wealth, you most probably won't receive it. You must seek wealth for… — John Frederick Demartini Copy Share Image
“Life gives us struggles first and reward later. And as a writer my life's purpose is to write and tell stories. Some… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
In the role of Ziggy Stardust, Bowie seemed in 1972 like a strange alien creature, not so much coming from another planet… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
Could we take anxiety to be something that may be of importance, may even be meaningful? And it says something about your… — Steven C. Hayes Copy Share Image
Each life has a different purpose, and some people can find their purpose more easily than others. The key, the most important… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
If being an anti-art artist is difficult, being an anti-art art historian is a hard position indeed. His doctrinal revolutionism brings forth… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it's: What's my purpose? Why am I… — Joseph Kosinski Copy Share Image
'Worship' is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The most potentially transformative impact of social media is its ability to encourage brands to marry profit and purpose. The reason brands… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different, and I'm sorry I let you… — John Green Copy Share Image
The Tea Party is not monolithic. There is a battle between people who care about liberty and the Constitution and the Republican… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image