#persons

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#makes #only #personality #persons #root

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#because #between #chosen #covenant #different

God knows, I’m no expert on relationships, but I do know when something’s good. And this thing we’ve created between us is precious and rare. I only hope it’s not fleeting, because for the first time in my adult life, I’ve given someone the power to hurt me. ↗

— Linda Castillo

#missing-persons #mystery-suspense #life

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#aid #ambitious #contribute #fortunes #his

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. ↗

— Michelangelo

#beauty #celestial #come #else #every

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity. ↗

— Akio Morita

#come #conditions #could #create #desire

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out. ↗

— Barack Obama

#american people #brothers #children #co-workers #cousins

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. ↗

— Helen Prejean

#citizens #compromises #conceived #country #deepest

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. ↗

— John Ruskin

#always #being #every #everybody #get

The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#german #harmony #more #others #persons