Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Curiously, the one bodily fluid of other people that doesn't disgust us is the one produced by the human alone: tears. Consider… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know… — Pancho Villa Copy Share Image
Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“Some people live disconnected, in a world of their own. Their wishful thinking represents their sole veracity. But when the mirror smashes… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
How truly does this journal contain my real and undisguised thoughts--I always write it according to the humour I am in, and… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
it came to me, as we sat there, glumly ordering lunch, that for extremely stupid people anti-Semitism was a form of intellectuality,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Pain, I came to feel, might well prove to be the sole proof of the persistence of consciousness within the flesh, the… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
As he looked up at the clouds or down at the precipice, he realized that this woman was the most important thing… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Then I felt that every inflection of my voice, every word in my mouth, was a lie, a play whose sole purpose… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that if you have the guillotine in the forefront, and with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They establish contact with the subconscious of the consumer below the word level. They do this with visual symbols instead of words… — Rosser Reeves Copy Share Image
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Of lower states, of acts of routine and sense, we can tell somewhat; but the masterpieces of God, the total growths and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When we look for success, it should be for the sole purpose of boasting sincerely in Christ. There's no other reason for… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Genius is answerable only to itself; it is the sole judge of the means, since it alone knows the end; thus genius… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
When we planned our country's economic development, we had the strategic objective of our Revolution in mind. It was not planned for… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
You have sole ownership of your vision. And the Universe will give you what you want within your vision. What happens with… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole… — Heinrich Schliemann Copy Share Image
It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Sky is the part of creation in which Nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man, more for the sole… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
But women are very differently situated with respect to eachother - for they are all rivals (...) Is it then surprising that… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
You truly help people with the things that you sell. Once you are aware of that vital piece of information every demonstration,… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
Experience teacheth us That resolution 's a sole help at need: And this, my lord, our honour teacheth us, That we be… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The main thing that every political campaign in the United States demonstrates is that the politicians of all parties, despite their superficial… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
To me, the capacity to earn money has never been a measurement of success. It is my belief that people must develop… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself flowers in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
It is hard being a football loather, a football unfan. I sometimes feel as lonely as the sole survivor in the last… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
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