Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
The earth was our home, she would have said, but no less was it home to the oxen that pulled our plows… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
In a community of human beings working together, the well-being of the community will be the greater, the less the individual claims… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
“Living on through loss seems by contrast as bad or worse; it means experiencing environmental deterioration, steady decline in human well-being, and… — Frederick Buell Copy Share Image
Health is more than absence of disease; it is about economics, education, environment, empowerment, and community. The health and well being of… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
“The central issue in the marriage is not well-being or happiness. It is, as this book has tried to demonstrate, salvation. Marriage… — Adolf Guggenbhuhl-Craig Copy Share Image
I wanted to show that women could run, but I also wanted to kind of inspire the idea that ordinary people can… — Bobbi Gibb Copy Share Image
Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The concept (of happiness) is universal. In Buddhism, it is called causeless joy, in Christianity, the kingdom of heaven within, and in… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
A part of the placidity of the South comes from the sense of well-being that follows the heart-and-body-warming consumption of breads fresh… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
How do we have a society that maximizes peace, civility and well-being for everyone? How do we have a system of individual… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
. . . it is interesting to note that the original problem that started my research is still outstanding - namely the… — George Dantzig Copy Share Image
Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Being a thoughtful vegan makes our time on this Earth more peaceful and joyous, because you get to have a hand in… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
My research offers impressive evidence that we feel better when we attempt to make our world better...to have a purpose beyond one's… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
When government is invested with money power it rises above the citizen and under the profession of protecting him may actually constitute… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
The child knows only that he engages in play because it is enjoyable. He isn't aware of his need to play--a need… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation… — Lisa Genova Copy Share Image
“In each of us there is internal knowledge, a gentle voice, beckoning us toward well-being. It tells us to let go, to… — Marcey Shapiro Copy Share Image
Domesticity is a fact of how social structure works. So if you say, "Well being domestic as a female is a negative… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals-not some, but all. All… — Albert J. Beveridge Copy Share Image
There is no greater egoism than that of learning when it is treated simply as a mark of personal distinction to be… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
As society is only possible if everyone, while living his own life, at the same time helps others to live; if every… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
Well, being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed… — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image
Success for me is going beyond money and power, and measuring success based on a third metric - one founded on well-being,… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
When you make music you do it for the right reason: love. Love is the desire of well being, desire to heal… — Pepe Romero Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration… — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“…it is time to rethink our relationship with our personal technologies. We need to reframe our goal from that of maximizing human… — Gloria Mark Copy Share Image
Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have… — LaToya London Copy Share Image
The Republicans suddenly are very concerned about people losing their health coverage! I would believe that they were worried about our well-being… — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
It's scary for me to act. It's terrifying. But I must be addicted to the adrenaline rush of the fear. It's like… — Virginia Hey Copy Share Image