A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother and wife would often give or preserve… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat.… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Love is the great intangible. ... Frantic and serene, vigilant and calm, wrung-out and fortified, explosive and sedate -- love commands a… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
I feel this is very important for us to have serene buildings because our civilization is chaotic as it is, you see;… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
“That summer I spent a whole month at the place, and every day I went to fish in the early morning, in… — Sergei Aksakov Copy Share Image
A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Cats are peaceful and tranquil - they bring calmness with their serene personalities. — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
The immortal mind, superior to his fate, amid the outrage of external things, firm as the solid base of this great world,… — Mark Akenside Copy Share Image
Could you please put this--could you all put these--could you get dressed, please?" The woman only bestowed a serene smile on me.… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
So be my passing! My task accomplished and the long day done, My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
The superior thing ... was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To speak impartially, the best men that I know are not serene, a world in themselves. For the most part, they dwell… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; And dualism vanishes by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image