For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. Why do the poets of the present… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
It often seems as though the silent, humble servant is secretly wiser and more discerning than the haughty master; yet through dutiful… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
It is the most painful thing to see how young children become collateral damage of wars, but when peace treaties are signed… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Responding to sexism you have to not just remain silent but try to figure out a proper response - again, though, not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
My story follows a very classic tragic paradigm in which you learn things too late for them to be of any use,… — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
No reason for a feverish rush For we will all arrive in the same place At the right time. Justice will be… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
The question I ask myself daily is whether my smartphone has been my servant or a silent taskmaster. The truth is that… — Tricia Rhodes Copy Share Image
Tender, too, is the silence of human feet. You have but to pass a season amongst the barefooted to find that man,… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
To walk abroad is, not with eyes, But thoughts, the fields to see and prize; Else may the silent feet, Like logs… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
[On Kay Strozzi in The Silent Witness:] Miss Strozzi ... had the temerity to wear as truly horrible a gown as ever… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
But what all the violence of the feudal institutions could never have effected, the silent and insensible operation of foreign commerce and… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
A silence reigns upon the air, Upon the pansies by the shore, Upon the violets, pale and fair, Upon the willow, bending… — George Arnold Copy Share Image
Some people are little Chernobyls, shimmering with silent, spreading poison: get anywhere near them and every breath you take will wreck you… — Tana French Copy Share Image
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does… — Bonnie Friedman Copy Share Image
You take yourself to be limited, but you are not. Discover this. Stay silent and attentive. Be earnest about it. Just be… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or… — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
Don't judge or analyze what you observe. Watch the thought, feel the emotion, observe the reaction. Don't make a personal problem out… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep,… — Patrick MacGill Copy Share Image
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
My parents got carried away with the letter P when they were naming the kids in our family. There's me, Paula, my… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
It must be good to die in Toronto. The transition between life and death would be continuous, painless and scarcely noticeable in… — Leopold Infeld Copy Share Image
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
Do you know anything about silent films?" "Sure," I said. "The first ones were developed in the late nineteenth century and sometimes… — Richelle Mead 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
I am smiling at myself today There's no wish left in this heart Or perhaps there is no heart left Free from… — Rumi Copy Share Image
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener—… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image