Whoever has used what means he is capable of, for the informing of himself, with a readiness to believe and obey what… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The needed transformation is very largely a matter of replacing in ourselves those idea systems of evil (and their corresponding cultures) with… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Tyrants forego all respect for humanity in proportion as they are sunk beneath it. Taught to believe themselves of a different species,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I had great parents, and they trained me well and instilled great values in me. They also taught me common sense about… — Ken Osmond Copy Share Image
In the eighties, I was fortunate to be one of the young art directors that Jerry Roach, creative director at JWT New… — John Butler Copy Share Image
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge… — Max Born Copy Share Image
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. He touched the log cabin and it… — David Swing Copy Share Image
People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest - whether it be chess, bridge, or stock selection - than to have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Stony Brook is a great school scholastically and I enjoyed my time there. It taught me a lot about life and about… — Chris Algieri Copy Share Image
We’re taught at an early age that we’re not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
I had an amazing advantage: a grandmother [Polly Noonan, an influential confidante of the mayor of Albany] who loved politics. She taught… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any, ties to… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
I love my dad. He's the biggest thing in my life. He taught me and he straightened me out and he kept… — Anthony Perkins Copy Share Image
When I was kid, yeah, my family, my parents wanted me to marry a Jewish girl because that was what they taught… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing.Â… The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling… — Mantak Chia Copy Share Image
[ Bernard] Leach was the one who taught us that, because he, too, had started out as a painter and an etcher… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
My dad always taught me to never be satisfied: to want more and know that what is done is done. That was… — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
Children are nowhere taught, in any systematic way, to distinguish true from false, or meaningful from meaningless, statements. Why is this so?… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I look at the successful people that have, you know, high functioning autism and Asperger's, they're ones where maybe the parents were… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Our responsibility is to love God and to love our neighbour which is what Jesus taught and it's also what Judaism taught… — Amy-Jill Levine Copy Share Image
When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
From the beginning of my days, it comes right back down to my parents. Raising all the kids. They really taught me… — Charlie Brenneman Copy Share Image
I would turn the question around to people, especially those reporters who wrote some of those articles. Are you advocating our daughters… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Meditation will work on anyone who has a functioning human nervous system. All you need is the intelligence to follow simple instructions.… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My teacher Jim Rohn taught me a simple principle: every day, stand guard at the door of your mind, and you alone… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my parents taught a literal creation. By the time I was in my 20s they were accommodating… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect for… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image