But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
This London City, with all of its houses, palaces, steam-engines, cathedrals, and huge immeasurable traffic an tumult, what is it but a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The idea of actually taking sharp turns left and right has always intrigued me, but I've never really been bold enough to… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget! — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Christ is already in that place of peace, which is all in all. He is on the right hand of God. He… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is rife, Shall sweet love prosper or high dreams have place Amid the tumult of reverberant… — Sarojini Naidu Copy Share Image
We're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. We should not listen to those… — Alcuin Copy Share Image
...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
The human soul, provided it is pure and strong enough, can contact the unseen in waking life as well as in dreams:… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Above all things I entreat you to preserve your faith in Christ. It is my wealth in poverty, my joy in sorrow,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very… — Novalis Copy Share Image
If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal!… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
Down the blue night the unending columns press In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow — Rupert Brooke Copy Share Image
Happy is the person who can keep a quiet heart, in the chaos and tumult of this modern world. — Patience Strong Copy Share Image
A nation may be in a tumult to-day for a thought which the timid Erasmus placidly penned in his study more than… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
