As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the… — James P Comer Copy Share Image
The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The genuinely significant creation, whether an idea, or a work of art, or a scientific discovery, is most likely to be seen… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
The boys are so well-rounded, they're so self-disciplined, there is so much camaraderie — Kevin Pietersen Copy Share Image
I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedicated to crawling into every pair of… — Veronica Lake Copy Share Image
The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
“One may escape from the prisons of experience, ideology or philosophy, but it is impossible to escape from the reality of one's… — Mark Samuels Copy Share Image
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. They are: 1) tyranny or oppression, of which history provides so many well-known examples… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Some people have a very strange idea that material success does not coincide harmoniously with self-realization, which is absurd. The aversion to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Maybe some things are better left broken and scattered Veiled in darkness, secret bitterness and self-doubt I should have known better Than… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
The very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large… — Hal Rothman Copy Share Image