Prayer is the way to both the heart of God and the heart of the world - precisely because they have been… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It is our destiny to live with the wrong as well as the right kind of citizens, and to learn from them,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake… — Tiberius Copy Share Image
My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
If our Christianity has ceased to be serious about discipleship, if we have watered down the gospel into emotional uplift which makes… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I think people are uncomfortable seeing pregnant women, particularly with any kind of conflict. [Pregnancy is] very much a projection of life… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
She moved nearer, leaned her shoulder against me — and we were one, and something flowed from her into me, and I… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
If a spaceship from the outer reaches of the galaxy landed on Earth in the next two months, and its occupants climbed… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
In the central cases of physical pain, then, it appears that at least part of what is bad about our condition is… — L. W. Sumner Copy Share Image
The entire concept of pessimism crumbles the moment one human being puts aside thoughts of self and reaches out to another to… — Michael J. Nelson Copy Share Image
“What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles somewhere… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
There must not be one law for the Jew and another for the Arabs…In saying this, I do not assume that there… — Chaim Weizmann Copy Share Image
When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I had a few problems. I didn't realise it until I started going to therapy. I did it for 10 years, two… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
My mother was a great woman. To look at her from the suffering she had gone through to bring us up -… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
It is phenomenal how fast a little toot of smack will take away the agony of withdrawal and most other kinds of… — Edward Bunker Copy Share Image
“This torture inflicted on her by my great-aunt, the sight of my grandmother's vain entreaties, of her feeble attempts, doomed in advance,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land -- the boundaries of countries are… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Men can have an obvious display of heroics or strength or accomplishment, but it is the unsung women throughout all ages of… — Red Haircrow Copy Share Image
If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then… — Moby Copy Share Image
Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
It's like a mother, when the baby is crying, she picks up the baby and she holds the baby tenderly in her… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“This is life in a fallen world, where wars come and go, where nations rage and people cry in torment. We must… — Janette Oke Copy Share Image
You become a victim of your own success. It's what happens in TV when Fox has a big hit with the X-Files.… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
“His anguish had grown skeletal in its solitude. He wished it didn’t have to be so, that one could ingest pain and… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
Well, to me, the tensile strength and the very definition of an artist is something that I would place at the top… — Van Dyke Parks Copy Share Image
Happiness is not freedom. You may become happy tomorrow; but I assure you, your happiness will be smashed by the pains of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Finally, he explained to me that suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered for the good things - for winning the Champions League, for winning five of the first six… — Luis Suarez Copy Share Image
Strangely, producing "Parisienne" was very long and difficult because the people who mainly finance films didn't understand the idea of a young… — Danielle Arbid Copy Share Image
“Do whatever you do joyfully, because discipline - the true meaning of the word - is characterized by doing something with joy.… — Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle Copy Share Image
Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image