FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The anything-goes passiveness of the religious and political Left is matched by the preachy moralism of the religious and political Right. The person who uncritically embraces any party line is ... (Brennan Manning)

Once you're more aware of people's needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you're responsible for your own well-being, too. ... (Deepak Chopra)

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. ... (Patrick Lencioni)

Scientific knowledge has taught [humans] much since the days of the Deluge, and it will increase their power still further. And, as for the great necessities of Fate, against which ... (Sigmund Freud)

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them. ... (Pearl S. Buck)

Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own. ... (Patti Digh)

Does one require proof of one's own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known. ... (Ramana Maharshi)

I wasn't thinking of marriage, just commitment. I wasn't thinking of forever, just reveling in now. We don't know yet how long we're meant to be- there are so many ... (David Levithan)

The dark picture which St. Paul, in addressing the Romans, draws of the heathenism of his day, is fully sustained by Seneca, Tacitus, Juvenal, Persius, and other heathen writers of ... (Philip Schaff)

If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire! ... (Catherine of Siena)

Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. They are allowed to keep their wealth only as long as they invest it in others. In ... (George Gilder)

The true opposite of depression is neither gaiety nor absence of pain, but vitality - the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings. It is part of the kaleidoscope of life that ... (Alice Miller)

On the whole, mental archaeology was a sordid digging proposition. The evil men did endured, the good was infinitely more ephemeral. You could generally find out whether a man had ... (Helen Kieran Reilly)

I do miss the days of living in our boardinghouse when I could practice my lines while experiencing the freedom of trousers without anyone thinking a thing about it." "The ... (Jen Turano)

There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money and get another one to replace it. But ... (Brad Warner)

Yet are you so certain, good mistress, you wish to be free of this mist? Is it not better some things remain hidden from our minds?" "It may be for ... (Kazuo Ishiguro)

I can't fuck up his whole life and take away everything that means something to him just because I think I've found my soul mate.' 'Yeah, but ... ' 'Yeah, ... (Scarlett Thomas)

I am a feminist and I am totally pro-choice, but what's funny is when you say that people assume that you are pro-abortion. I don't love abortion but I want ... (Ellen Page)

It was strange, to find a woman who could make him happy just with her mere presence. He didn't even have to see her, or hear her voice, or even ... (Julia Quinn)

If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat? ... (Tom Snyder)

I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the ... (Bram Fischer)

May you have mentors to support your life's journey. ... (Lailah Gifty Akita)

From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye. ... (William Butler Yeats)

You are never alone for long, Rohnan. There are strange people everywhere. ... (K.F. Breene)

'The Lunchbox' has been a blessing - all gift-wrapped and tied with a bow. Life is a lunchbox of chocolates now! ... (Nimrat Kaur)

I shall sit down,' replied the cat, sitting down, 'but I shall enter an objection with regard to your last. My speeches in no way resemble verbal muck, as you ... (Mikhail Bulgakov)

It's true that increasing one's number of sexual partners almost certainly increases the risk of sexually transmitted disease and of unintended pregnancy. It increases the chance of having your soul ... (Rebecca Traister)

I changed schools a lot when I was in elementary school because some girls were mean. They were less mean in middle school, because I was doing all right; although ... (Jennifer Lawrence)

My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that. ... (Paloma Faith)

Geralt finished his mug of herb tea, grimacing dreadfully. He valued and liked the settled elves for their intelligence, calm reserve and sense of humour, but he couldn't understand or ... (Andrzej Sapkowski)