I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even… — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
“He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
The politicians already in office don't want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
American Christians have been woefully silent on important issues. I am an American citizens now, and I love this country, but I… — Maria von Trapp Copy Share Image
How silent, how spacious, what room for all, yet without place to insert an atom--in graceful succession, in equal fullness, in balanced… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Time is the silent, never-resting thing ... rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing oceantide, on which we and all the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
And when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left Deposited upon the silent… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The subject of the novel is reality liberated from soul. The reader in complete independence presented with a structured process:let him evaluate… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
I leaned forward and kissed him. And again. As if I were passing him all those silent words I cound not say,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Silent as a flower, her face fell in dismay, aware that the ghost of lust ate and left, sensing that there was… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Internet outrage can seem mindless, but it rarely is. To make that assumption is dismissive. There's something beneath the outrage - an… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
You... are now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace, and the eye that needs the consolation of beauty, servants to… — Joyce DiDonato Copy Share Image
As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I do not know why it matters that I should tell the truth to myself at night, why it should matter that… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Being a Silent Brother is life, Clary Fray. But if you mean I remember my life before the Brotherhood, I do. Clary… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an… — Chenjerai Hove Copy Share Image
Once I passed through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions, Yet now of… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The mental powers acquire their full robustness when the cheek loses its ruddy hue, and the limbs their elastic step; and pale… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
