Don't preach to me, reach to me on my level, reach to my heart with voice of compassion and I shall listen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Be not afraid! In admitting a creator, refuse not to examine his creation; and take not the assertions of creatures like yourselves,… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
The idea that somehow "no self, no problem"- I don't exist because I don't have a self- would be a mistaken understanding.… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind,… — Joan Erikson Copy Share Image
Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Every author knows what a stimulus it is to have an understanding publisher. — Gisela Richter Copy Share Image
Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from… — Chris Chocola Copy Share Image
I enjoy telling these stories that I ultimately think get a disservice on a lot of network television. I enjoy getting people… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
“If the if isn't an if, what if is an if that if has to be replaced by an if that if… — Avakruth Copy Share Image
I don't ask for your pity, but just your understanding - no, not even that -no. Just for your recognition of me… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
If two angels were sent down from heaven -one to conduct an empire and the other to sweep the streets -they would… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
You are asking, 'Is the concept of soul mates more useful than marriage?' Concepts don't matter. What matters is your understanding. You… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Understanding created by the intellect cannot be acquired by means of the occult, only by the aid of the zodiac, bringing forth… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I'm going to have sex when it feels right but at the moment ? I just don't feel ready, Justin is very understanding. — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I liked… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
It is to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and… — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Being a good actor is sort of understanding the complexity of the human psyche and also knowing that we are none of… — Paula Malcomson Copy Share Image
Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than… — Butch Otter Copy Share Image
When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In entertainment, the technology began giving us greater choice and easier switching before almost any other area. The studios became much more… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
“Because of their lust for authority men are in constant turmoil. Those in authority are ever fighting to maintain it. Those out… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he must die...… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
With 'Little Accidents', I spent probably three months working with a physical therapist, just understanding, starting from square one, about the neurological… — Boyd Holbrook Copy Share Image
My understanding is that change is inevitable, and it's what I do with that opportunity that really matters. — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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