All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment:… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
If we had the power over the ends of the earth, it would not give us that fulfillment of existence which a… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Beauty: "You called me beautiful last night." Beast: "You do not believe me then?" Beauty: "Well - no. Any number of mirrors… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
In the country, I stopped being a person who, in the words of Sylvia Boorstein, startles easily. I grew calmer, but beneath… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers,… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Unlike seeing, where one can look away, one cannot 'hear away' but must listen ... hearing implies already belonging together in such… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there… — Raul Hilberg Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not book learning but, rather, a quality or state of knowing what is true or right coupled with the judgment… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and… — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
“If talk is cheap, then being silent is expensive. And many people it seems, can't afford to buy into it.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of… — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When it's new and important, you have to rest in between times. And anyway, even when I like a person there is… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Our whole world is entrenched in sin. There in the quiet of our hearts a woman is calling us, each one of… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
I don't mess around with the men in the coven, especially my Shadowblades," she said with quiet finality. Flirting was one thing… — Diana Pharaoh Francis Copy Share Image
I need to have a sleep before a show and a quiet hour. I need to get dressed following the same routine.… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The aim of education is to fit children for the position in life which they are hereafter to occupy. Boys are to… — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
I have a fall-back fund for the quiet months. I am a single working parent and it gets lonely when things are… — Kate Thornton Copy Share Image
