#verse

I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#honored #i #inferno #just #me

No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#bush #despair #even #george #george bush

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#accuse #alone #am #appear #appendage

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#accepted #book #civil #civil disobedience #disobedience

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true. ↗

— William Shenstone

#every #good #includes #poet #reverse

Try to have as diverse group of friends as possible and don't get into the the clique scenario. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#diverse #friends #get #group #into

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#intelligence #lack #meaning #universe #without

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#end #first #first step #glorious #greatness

Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#common #defined #else #essential #fire

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. ↗

— Grace Slick

#begin #between #literacy #music #reach