To be boosted by an illusion is not to live better than to live in harmony with the truth ... these refusals… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Christian love is the only kind of love in which there is no rivalry, no jealousy. There is jealousy among the lovers… — George Matheson Copy Share Image
Government, like any other organism, refuses to acquiesce in its own extinction. This refusal, of course, involves the resistance to any effort… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
This deep agnosticism is more than the refusal of conventional agnosticism to take a stand on whether God exists or whether the… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Perhaps that is what love is: the momentary or prolonged refusal to think of another person in terms of power — Phyllis Rose Copy Share Image
The same chemicals were used in the cooking as were used on the composition of her own being: only those which caused… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry. — Arthur Brisbane Copy Share Image
Don't boast about your hardheartedness or refusal to shed tears. Instead, pray that God will give you a tender heart which will… — Lee Roberson Copy Share Image
Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
“(Response to King Erik XIV of Sweden's proposal of marriage:) "[W]hile we perceive ... the zeal and love of your mind towards… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
We do literature a real disservice if we reduce it to knowledge or to use, to a problem to be solved. If… — Marjorie Garber Copy Share Image
Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
A vampire is branding girls, okay?" I ignored his refusal. "Something about that just feels wrong to me." "I would hope so. — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
We must learn not to give up when requirements are not met or when commitments are broken. To do so is a… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
In any conflict area, it is always the women who are the first point of attack. But I think the more they… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Some of the reasons John McCain lost in 2008 were his lackluster campaign, his refusal to showcase Obama's extreme liberalism and, thus,… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
One of the problems in the United States is the refusal on the part of our young people to remember or to… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“could consistently tell me no without making me angry. He was a genius of no.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
