Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Capitalism might be defined, if we wish to be scientific, as a form of economic organization motivated by the pursuit of profit… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very ambitious… — Bobby Flay Copy Share Image
If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
My investigations resembled the pursuit of the solution to a problem for which I had three data: the object, the thing connected… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
When I think about sanctification, a couple things immediately pop into my head. One is how slow it actually is. I think… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The crowning blessing of life-to be born with a bias to some pursuit. — Evelyn Beatrice Hall Copy Share Image
Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Government can ensure that we share schools and streets and lunch counters and buses and elevators and theaters, but let us never… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
“To reach greater heights, we must refuse the negative opinions of people and passionately pursue your destiny.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labor and rest, hurry and retirement, endear… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence,… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing… — Wendy McElroy Copy Share Image
A new understanding of power is replacing our old understanding of power as the ability to manipulate and control. The old understanding… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
It now lately sometimes seemed a black miracle to me that people could actually care deeply about a subject or pursuit, and… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
