“Just a month from this day, on the twentieth of September, 1850, I shall be sitting in this chair, in this study,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
When a buddha is painted, not only a clay altar or lump of earth is used, but the thirty-two marks, a blade… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“Expect everything to happen for your benefit yet do not insist on how it must be experienced. Allow yourselves to be surprised.… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
“One day, the old wise Socrates walks down the streets, when all of the sudden a man runs up to him "Socrates… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The emperor of the East was no longer guided by the wisdom and authority of his elder brother, whose death happened towards… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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“To the USSR on Stalin's death: "Regardless of the identity of government personalities, the prayer of us Americans continues to be that… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
There's a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
...this remedy is the power of the citizens; they have to prevent the establishment of such an autocratic regime that arrogates to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
I believe that the experience of childhood is irretrievable. All that remains, for any of us, is a headful of brilliant frozen… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
All religions have some truth in them, but none has the whole truth; all are created in time and finally decline and… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
“Every field of knowledge is different, but they are all connected. And they often rhyme. This means that something in the way… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
After Self-Realisation it is easy to perceive the truth that all these religions were born on the same tree of spirituality, but… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
“O Heavenly Children, God's messengers are as limitless as the fish in the sea. They come in all colors, regions, languages and… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Once one is caught up into the material world not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
There is a wise old saying 'Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without'. Thrift is a practice… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
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We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“You are here just to be, for no reason. You have no mission except to enjoy life, to be happy. The only… — Don Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as… — Joel Henry Hildebrand Copy Share Image
“Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Never justify someones wrong action, without them apologizing first & admitting their wrongs. If you do. You are not making them better,… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
Someone, I don't know who- it might have even been me- said, Any man at the age of twenty-five who is not… — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional… — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
“Wise people throughout history have been those who saw that while life is real, life’s problems are an illusion, they are thought-created.… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
Watch what happens on Twitter. One thing leads to another very quickly. And in an ironic sense, even though it's such a… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
To gauge the understanding and insight that metaphysics provides is to ask whether, in the final analysis, it helps us to cope… — Rudolph Rummel Copy Share Image
To find Buddha, you have to see your nature. Whoever sees his nature is a Buddha. If you don't see your nature,… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
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