Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which,… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh,… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
When any practice has become the fixed rule of the society in which we live, it is always wise to adhere to… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though… — Rosellen Brown Copy Share Image
Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When there is no mind, you are in yoga; when there is mind you are not in yoga. So you may do… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“So said Hair-Face, and they killed him, because, they said, he was a wild man and wanted to go back and live… — Jack London Copy Share Image
And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said-and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life: 1. Leadership without character. 2. Followership without servant-being. 3. Brotherhood without integrity. 4. Affluence without… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I remember a story of a girl in Paradise who ate an apple once. Some wise Sapient gave it to her. Because… — Catherine Fisher Copy Share Image
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know, I met a wise man centuries ago in China who said to me, ‘He who lets fear rule him, has… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay,… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these… — John Green Copy Share Image
Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
I think in YA there's sometimes a temptation to create heroines who are infinitely resilient and wise and confident because those are… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised… — Sarah Vaughan Copy Share Image
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
When I was at drama school some of the teachers, who were very wise, said to me, 'You're going to be a… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength,… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
It was during this [as a kid] time that I came out of my shell vocally and performance wise, I learned how… — Tessanne Chin Copy Share Image
Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I've become wise in playing my roles in terms of acting techniques. But looking at my old performances when I… — Hyun Bin Copy Share Image
You can choose, you can go one of two ways. You can be the person I probably admire more and say 'well… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Sometimes the heart is so heavy that we turn away from it and forget that its throbbing is the wisest message of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
An adult is one who has lost the grace, the freshness, the innocence of the child, who is no longer capable of… — Arnaud Desjardins Copy Share Image