A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Any life he'd ever heard of, his own included, was burdened with emotions - love, loss, jobs, jealousy, money, death, pain. But… — Laura Z. Hobson Copy Share Image
Human beings, as far as I can tell, seem to be divided into two subspecies -- the resigned, who live in quiet… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Studies of people who report high well-being in their fifties and sixties indicate that they have lived lives that involved personal risks.… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
One solitary God-centered, God-intoxicated man can do more to keep God's love alive and His presence felt in the world than a… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation! — Ray Milland Copy Share Image
The vast majority of the people who populate our planet live lives of quiet desperation that are all too often quite harsh… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Somehow it is the male's duty to put the best years of his life into work he doesn't like in order that… — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
People used to live lives of quiet desperation - now they go on talk shows! — Bob Thaves Copy Share Image
