I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Dare!
Love me Back! ANSHUL SRIVASTAVA Stupids enjoy life the most for they can never realize the value of the precious things lost & the l... ANUJ SOMANY Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas... ANUJ SOMANY A wicked feels proud to see the crowd around oneself often, but a wise feels it is nice to spend mos... ANUJ SOMANY Concieving a child after treatment from doctors may involve using crooked means by one of the family... APURVA GAGLANI When a sensible quote is adored a lot by many or most people on a person’s INDIVIDUAL social media... ANUJ SOMANY A word or music that flows from the soul magically touches the heart of one and all. ANUJ SOMANY The level of sadness and not happiness increases in a person’s life as his/her awareness rises abo... ANUJ SOMANY Be a voice
Voice your opinions
Voice your thoughts
Voice your displeasure
Voice your feelings
Voice ... APURVA GAGLANI Technology, the Law of Equation and the English Language all have one shortfall, that even school te... APURVA GAGLANI The staircase is a firm footing, the lift is a hanging platform. Wonder why so many people prefer th... APURVA GAGLANI Are you climbing a mountain, or digging a hole. KENT POLLON For a childless couple who follow truth and are honest they are very few options to get a baby.
1 Th... APURVA GAGLANI We are—or were —Divinities, Shara Komayd: we drew power from the hearts and minds and beli... ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT People often extending their support to a person forms a comprehensive report about his or her level... ANUJ SOMANY A learned person underrates own intelligence & overvalues others importance, so remains in public la... ANUJ SOMANY The fact is that no one is hated openly so much as one who is true to oneself consistently and no on... ANUJ SOMANY There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re... ANUJ SOMANY A wise does not have necessarily nice words but always good in intention; a wicked may have regularl... ANUJ SOMANY BETTER to be loved by just one person who is truly the BEST to trust than being mischievously liked ... ANUJ SOMANY It is always difficult for an emotional person to choose an option between the job and the business ... 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TOBA BETA There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is s... MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is s... MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO I’ve tried so hard to stay away from you,” he whispered one night, cuddling her while the moonli... LISA KLEYPAS Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told mysel... ANNE RICE The terrifying fear of a crash had triggered the fight-or-flight response in the child, making him b... PAWAN MISHRA Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakab... ECKHART TOLLE The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this... GEORGE JOHN BLEWETT No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness w... FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope... DAISAKU IKEDA The more a person is united within himself or herself and inwardly simple, the more and higher thing... ABHIJIT NASKAR Look, Miranda, he said, those twenty long years that lie between you and me. I've more knowledge of ... JOHN FOWLES For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless... SENECA Walking away from something means believing for something more. And if I want something more, I must... JAN DENISE For it is not Histories that I am writing, but Lives; and in the most illustrious deeds there is not... PLUTARCH It's not just the deep knowledge about the technical specs or functional attributes of IMS people ar... DUANE SWORD Everybody wants attention, more or less. I just want a lot. ZARA LARSSON My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience. PATRICE LECONTE All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourse... AMELIA BARR Actually, I was more or less determined to be a theoretical physicist at the age of thirteen. DAVID GROSS There is no paradise for you or me. MAZ NO PARADISE Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can ... THOMAS CARLYLE In the past, so often, individuals felt -- and even presently -- that depression is a personal flaw ... ANNE TYSON I am feeling brave like absolutely nothing in any way,shape,or form can affect me significantly. Is ... ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ JR The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greate... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by man attaining to a hig... CHARLES DARWIN Think about it, the only people you can TRUST are Marijuana activists! MALCOLM NOTHLING The biggest selfish is like a mentally sick who can think nothing but to lick own looks on pic only,... ANUJ SOMANY Personal experience is that sharing own pain or problem with others especially friends and family me... ANUJ SOMANY She looks at Sam. 'Close your ears if you don't want to know what I suspect to be the sex of your ch... MELINA MARCHETTA Bravery reward is to be bestowed to a person who stands strong as single; Slavery award is to be giv... ANUJ SOMANY If you happen to be in sports,music or movie,endeavor to have a clean image,because the money you ea... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If most people around a person don’t either neglect him often or insult him at times to treat him ... ANUJ SOMANY No one is good or bad by default, they are what they choose to be. ALI BABAR Worse than not offering plaudit to the right one for something excellent said and/or done by him onl... ANUJ SOMANY A person who is an ethically right has to only fight for own rights against the big battalion of the... ANUJ SOMANY Some people lie and never tell the truth so won't hurt the person they love.
Some people lie and the... VANDA M I appreciated her vigor. I admired her choices though I wouldn’t have made them. Freak or fake, I�... KAREN JOY FOWLER Can any man or woman choose duties? No more that they can choose their birthplace, or their father o... GEORGE ELIOT I just enjoyed it while it lasted. The first three or four days it was kind of nerve-wracking. I was... JOSH SHARPLESS There's no family in America that can celebrate a victory better than the Harbaughs. You'll ... JACK HARBAUGH Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, st... NATHAN MYHRVOLD I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two. DONATELLA VERSACE If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it w... JOHN O'DONOHUE A Jewish food is one that is almost sanctified, either by its repeated use or use within the holiday... GIL MARKS The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but ar... LUNDY BANCROFT
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