I was quite happy in Arkhangelsk.Subsequently, I was sent to a village. I liked it in its own way because it sounded… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That's what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I have been able to watch the Clintons and The Clinton Foundation; Al Gore and what he did post-losing the whole Florida… — David Mandel Copy Share Image
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
“The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the ‘state of emergency’ in which we live is not the exception but the… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I briefly flirted with some of the new age offerings available in the early '90s and found strength in Buddhism, but ultimately… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
I was never interested in the two-party system per se. I was interested in how authority was abused by government, and how… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition,… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
While often being called transdisciplinary, theonomous reasoning is actually a first step back to ancient wisdom in which methodological sensation [or what… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
If we are to live with our feet on the ground, in touch with reality, we must help one another accept the… — Carter Heyward Copy Share Image
But the personality that finally emerges is largely formed by the environment in which a man happens to find himself during his… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Easter occurs on different dates each year because, like the Jewish Passover, it is based upon the vernal equinox, that dramatic moment… — Tom Harpur Copy Share Image
People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Of course, in our country, developing in a region with somewhat conservative traditions, women were desperately needed to be more engaged -… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where… — David Mandel Copy Share Image
The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
'Hindu terrorism' is not even a word. By linking Hindu with terrorism, Congress has disrespected the country's culture, tradition, and legacy. It… — Yogi Adityanath Copy Share Image
In my short experience of human life, the outward obstacles, if there were any such, have not been living men, but the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
While it may be impossible to 'disprove' the existence of some 'Higher Power' or abstract Creator, it is entirely possible — through… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
It was just an honor for me to be doing the role of Miguel because I identify with him. I grew up… — Anthony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
People substitute tradition for the living experience of the love of God. They talk and think as though walking with God was… — Francis Howgill Copy Share Image
Like other parents in this country, we want to give our children the best opportunities, to shower them with love, to teach… — Jennifer Chrisler Copy Share Image
It is a cultural tradition that makes New Orleans what it is. It also represents the roots of American music and an… — Bill Taylor Copy Share Image
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise.… — James M. Lindsay Copy Share Image
In every Magical, or similar system, it is invariably the first condition which the Aspirant must fulfill: he must once and for… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Admittedly, our… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. I learned, for… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo. We need… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Many intellectual heroes in the European tradition seem to find the great outdoors a chilling prospect - and its literary analogue, the… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
It is one of the paradoxes of parenting, and often a painful paradox, that even as our children need us for love… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image