Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The great passion in a man's life may not be for women or men or wealth or toys or fame, or even… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
They say: sufferings are misfortunes," said Pierre. 'But if at once this minute, I was asked, would I remain what I was… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
What of the Wright boys in Dayton? Just around the corner they had a shop and did a bicycle business-and they wanted… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I sort of gave up on this whole human adventure a long time ago, divorced myself from it emotionally. It gives me… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
She carried within herself a great fund of life, and her deepest enjoyment was to feel the continuity between the movement of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Papa's in a bad way, Locke. I wanted to see you before you saw him - he has some...things he wishes to… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but… — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
So many people think that practicing an art is a good way to make a living. Practicing an art, no matter how… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Christians, of all people, should not be destroyers. We should treat nature with an overwhelming respect. We may cut down a tree… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Maybe we're all a little too desperate these days for a simple formula to explain how our safe world came unhinged. That,… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
If you take this life to be simply what old religious folks pretend (I mean the effete, gone to seed in a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Don’t you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
And I will love words for their own sake, like 'hyacinth' and 'Piccadilly' and 'onyx.' And I'll have a good old dog,… — Rick Elice Copy Share Image
“Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No clouds gathered in the skies and the polluted streams became clear, whilst celestial music rang through the air and the angels… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Though "Veer-Zaara" is a film about cross-border love, there isn't a word of politics in it. Forget politics, there isn't slap, not… — Yash Chopra Copy Share Image
While love takes on itself impossible tasks, yet it finds that love lightens all loads. It is the same burden that wings… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Once a man came to me - it was not too long ago - and said that he had given away much… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Each new thing he encountered in life impelled him in a direction that fully convinced him of its rightness, but then the… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I don't really find things funny unless they're deeply tragic at the same time. I think if you're funny just for the… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Production for the sake of production - the obsession with the rate of growth, whether in the capitalist market or in planned… — Felix Guattari Copy Share Image
While Jesus was at Jerusalem there came a voice from heaven. For what purpose was the voice sent? For the sake of… — John Remsburg Copy Share Image
But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Hickory dickory dock my daddy’s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is… — Brion James Copy Share Image
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not saying dating is sinful, and I'm not saying a guy and a girl should never spend time alone together. I'm… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
I'm not going to work for the sake of working. I'll work, if I'm extraordinarily lucky enough to continue having the same… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge!… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image