Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The man who is bigger than his job keeps cool. He does not lose his head, he refuses to become rattled, to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
When someone who wields political power does something you dislike or disagree with, it's incumbent upon you to object, criticize, and demand… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Have not all theists painted their Deity as the god of love and goodness? Yet after thousands of years of such preachments… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their… — Abby Sunderland Copy Share Image
Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter. — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too… — Walter Abish Copy Share Image
In a way all writers are writing against death, because writing is an attempt to defy the passage of time, to refuse… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don't want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
The earth does not argue, Is not pathetic, has no arrangements, Does not scream, haste, persuade, threaten, promise, Makes no discriminations, has… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn't… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Some people surrender their freedom willingly but others are forced to surrender it. Imprisonment begins with birth. Society, parents they refuse to… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
We must refuse to lean upon the broken staff of human wisdom & cling to the gospel alone as the power of… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Refuse to let your circumstances make you bitter. Do what you must to make them better. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
To me, the housewife who puts her teacups unwashed in the sink because her husband won't wash them, is political. Every act… — Ronee Blakley Copy Share Image
He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought… — Conrad Hyers Copy Share Image
Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom. — Leyla Zana Copy Share Image
As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
