#noble

What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war? ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#country #noble #noble cause #our #sent

No speech can stain what is noble by nature. ↗

— Sophocles

#noble #speech #stain

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#noblest #pleasure #understanding

You think me noble?” She rolled to her side facing him. “Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well? ↗

— Jessica Fortunato

#moon #noble #sacrifice #saint #friendship

Why are you looking at me like that?" Like I want to push you to the floor and lick every inch of your pretty skin? Can't imagine. ↗

— Ava Gray

#imagination

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#does #man #motives #noblest #stupid

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#behave #demean #easily #heroes #motives

These Sutras are reminiscent of the Four Noble Truths of Lord Buddha: the misery of the world, the cause of misery, the removal of that misery, and the method used to remove it. Patanjali tells us that pain can be avoided. He further tells us that its cause is ignorance. (115) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#ignorance #pain #yoga-sutra #yoga

To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble. ↗

— Mark Twain

#sharing #noble

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#give #noble #offense #should #take