What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
“Worldy life is not wrong, it is worldly interaction (relative viewpoint). But You should Know Yourself (real viewpoint). Without Knowing your true… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The Moon is a white strange world, great, white, soft-seeming globe in the night sky, and what she actually communicates to me… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself,… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
To me, when one is writing sometimes about a very specific subject with very specific people, I feel like if that story… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
For the first time in his life, he stopped worrying about results, and as a consequence the terms “success” and “failure” had… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told, especially if… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know most people don't like to be around teenagers but I do. I'm one of the only people I can think… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
It's very enigmatic because of course, the population [of North Korea] has no contact with the world outside or it's very, very… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
All over the world kids and women [are] getting killed right now over beliefs, this is silly to get angry over. If… — Diplo Copy Share Image
It is time to remind Sharon that the star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive Government. His actions… — Gerald Kaufman Copy Share Image
Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We hear in these days a great deal respecting rights--the rights of private judgment, the rights of labor, the rights of property,… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
The thing about living in a place like Nebraska is there aren't that many people, so your circle of acquaintances is going… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
The Western world generally has lost the concept of man as a creature made to the image and likeness of God, and… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Business is about problem-solving, but it does not always have to be about maximizing profit. When I went into business, my interest… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
The de industrialization of the US. economy based on the migration of corporations into third world areas where labor is very cheap… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Suppose hypothetically that one out of every 200 people or so is a jerk. In today's world these jerks will discover that… — Michael Strong Copy Share Image
I'm not falling anymore. That's what L says, and she's right. I guess you could say I'm flying. We both are. And… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
The U.S. has become the most egregious war-monger and terrorist nation in the world, as well as the long-time leading purveyor of… — Dave Lindorff Copy Share Image
Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I had to fight to be me and get respect, and to carry that stigma, for me, is pride. Carrying the tag… — Chavela Vargas Copy Share Image
The shocking truth about prosperity is that it is shockingly right instead of shockingly wrong for you to be prosperous. Please note… — Catherine Ponder Copy Share Image
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
First time I ever took acid and got really high, as I was walking around I thought "Gee. The world looked like… — Owsley Stanley Copy Share Image
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation… — Khabibullo Abdusamatov Copy Share Image
...More important than the deficit, more important then healthcare-more important than anything-we have got to do something about our energy strategy. Because… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
People need to understand, we can come together as a nation. We can create a culture of life. More and more young… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
I think that very often younger writers don't appreciate how much hard work is involved in writing. The part of writing that's… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
My Family and Other Saints echoes Gerald Durrell's classic memoir, My Family and Other Animals, not only in its title, but in… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
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