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The experience I'm talking about has given me one certainty: the salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in… — Vaclav Havel
Our impulses toward instant gratification aren't to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn't a worthy goal. We're created with eternity in our hearts, and our… — David Jeremiah
When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle. We find again some of the… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A spacecraft is a metaphor of national inspiration: majestic, technologically advanced, produced at dear cost and entrusted with precious cargo, rising above the constraints of… — Gregg Easterbrook
When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect… — Susan L. Taylor
Taking on responsibilities that properly belong to someone else means behaving irresponsibly toward yourself. You need to know where you end and someone else begins.… — Nathaniel Branden
I think transitions are never that noticeable, but they are always on their way. It has to do with distance and accessibility. People call it… — Paul Newman
We are beginning to see practical support. And this is a very significant sign of the movement towards a new era, a new age.... We… — Mikhail Gorbachev
Meeting writers is always so disappointing. I got over wanting to meet live writers quite a long time ago. There is this terrific book that… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff had a very… — Mark Shuttleworth
Some writers find that they don't know their themes until they've finished the first draft (I am one). They then rewrite with an eye toward… — Nancy Kress
My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and… — Benjamin Lee Whorf
Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all… — Shakti Gawain
The situation of the factory worker today is reminiscent in certain respects of that of the nineteenth-century capitalist whose wife dragged him reluctantly toward "culture"… — David Riesman
In preindustrial cultures leisure is scarcely a burden or a "problem" because it is built into the ritual and ground plan of life for which… — David Riesman
Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are… — Willard Gaylin
One senses, in all autobiography, a straining toward perfection, perfection of a kind that connects the individual with a cosmic pattern which, because it is… — Roger Rosenblatt
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after… — Frederick W. Smith
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love,… — Xunzi
Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is… — Vidal Sassoon
I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives… — Jay Chiat
A Web site that promotes flow is like a gourmet meal. You start off with the appetizers, move on to the salads and entrees, and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a… — Matt Damon
As soon as we find a cure, we will utilize any of the donations to go toward providing medication to those who can't afford it.… — Montel Williams

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