#press

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#best #best part #express #part #picture

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#faith #impressed #lacks #sound #who

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#begin #does #effectively #enough #know

Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#center #commitment #continuity #cross #example

Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules. ↗

— Kit Bond

#adopt #banking #begun #clinton #clinton administration

I am a work in progress. ↗

— Violet Yates

#depression #poetry #recovery #progress

If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#oppression #cowardice

We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #answer #anybody #asking #benefit

For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#displays #expression #first #individuality #natural

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#am #caused #ever #express #harm