“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty— a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that we all agree to is that the touchstone for economic policy is, does it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Really, for me, it's important to know who's pitching and who's catching - just what that scene is supposed to accomplish in… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
At the heart of that western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man...is the touchstone of value, and all… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Jesus tells us what the 'protocol' is, on which we will be judged. It is the one we read in chapter 25… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Indeed there can be no more useful help for discovering what poetry belongs to the class of the truly excellent, and can… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Sit not down without assurance. Get alone, and bring thy heart to the bar of trial: force it to answer the interrogatories… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with Sabriel, to say something, to say… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
That's why we feel so disoriented, irritated even, when these touchstones from our past are altered. We don't like it when our… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
So let it be a criterion if you follow the path of awareness, let love be the criterion. When your awareness suddenly… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Compassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth. — James Conlon Copy Share Image
Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
Our problem is that when you lose the touchstone, which is humanity, then when you have something like humans dying, it needs… — Caroline Dries Copy Share Image
California is now a valuable touchstone to the country, a warning of what not to do. Rarely has a single generation inherited… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The second touchstone for America I think unquestionably was pushing to conclusion the program we had with the Russians to control the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
What I am endeavoring to do is simply speak the truth, speak common-sense values, free market principles and the Constitution. For every… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as… — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the… — Tom Kenny Copy Share Image
Only the fact that we are unaware how well our nearest know us enables us to live with them. Love is the… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
The realization that The Art of Obscurity is my 25th solo album prompted me to do some deep thinking about where I… — Iain Matthews Copy Share Image
The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
People feel that the Bible is unequivocal in stating that the age of the earth is very young and so on and… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
