The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Our national purpose, not our party differences, must define the American Brand. We must change the conversation from one centered around what… — Alan Siegel Copy Share Image
One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily… — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
For all the practical purposes of life, truth might as well be in a prison as in the folio of a schoolman;… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The purpose of our journey on this precious Earth is now to align our personalities with our souls and the souls of… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Yes, alive,” said Fudge. “That is — I don’t know — is a man alive if he can’t be killed? I don’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“This the touch of my lips to yours, this the murmur of yearning, This the far-off depth and height reflecting my own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All power is the same. Magic. Physical strength. Economic strength. Political strength. It all serves a single purpose-it gives its possessor a… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Up and down the the still sparsely settled coast of British North America, groups of men-intellectuals and farmers, scholars and merchants, the… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
These bible people remind me of another calamity similar to this missionary scheme, when our people, or any christian power would go… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
Your purpose is about discovering and nurturing who you truly are, to know and love yourself at the deepest level and to… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student… — Sandra Fluke Copy Share Image
As legislators, it's our job to create accessible voting systems that inspire confidence in the accuracy of tabulation and verifiability of results.… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
When two or more people coordinate in a spirit of harmony, and work toward a definite objective, they place themselves in position,… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
In a sense my whole life as a writer is trying to find structural ways, or formal ways, to permit that outflowing… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Helping others, or volunteering, provides such benefits as reducing distress and improving physical and mental health. Perceptions related to giving, such as… — Aisha Utz Copy Share Image
We have some role in almost everything that happens in our lives. When "bad" things happen, the mistake is not in the… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
“Don’t join the queue of ignorant people who do not know that their time flies away into vanity daily. Don’t be a… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
It serves no purpose to man if there is no room for repentance, and he who is tormented can never grow better...let… — Thomas Burnet Copy Share Image
Living in Georgia, I never wanted to model. But I had the travel bug big time when I was young. I think… — Joelle Carter Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“The mark of a truly successful life is that at the time of your death, you should have emptied yourself and used… — CLEMENT OGEDEGBE Copy Share Image
Anger is a divinely implanted emotion. Closely allied to our instinct for right, it is designed to be used for constructive spiritual… — David Seamands Copy Share Image
As the world has to attain the fulfilment of eternal life, to me it does not in the least matter what I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I don't know anything about god except that it's not me. So, somewhere between that acceptance and doing my homework and being… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
The saying "the business of art is different than the purpose of art" makes sense, and what are you going to do… — Eric Fischl Copy Share Image
So many people have the TV or radio constantly turned on “for company,” or spend their time reading trashy novels, aimlessly surfing… — Karen Kingston Copy Share Image
The truth is that there are no good men, or bad men,' he said. 'It is the deeds that have goodness or… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
As you know macrobiotics has helped thousands of sick people; but this is kindergarten. The purpose of macrobiotics is to become free… — Michio Kushi Copy Share Image
I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Where can you find purpose? Like success and happiness, our purpose exists in the present, and we constantly strive toward the future… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
I was doing shows and flying economy, and nobody ever fed me. Or I'd be staying in hotels so cheap that by… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image