#s

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires. ↗

— Charles Bent

#desires #god #man #means #much

In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire. ↗

— James Theodore Bent

#empire #every #found #island #prehistoric

I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. ↗

— George Bentham

#botany #career #decided #determination #devote

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. ↗

— Hector Berlioz

#enough #having #luck #must #talent

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#ends #evil #impossible #measure #results

The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time. ↗

— Sarah Brady

#finds #from time to time #gun #his #how

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#greatest #greatest happiness #greatest number #happiness #legislation

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps. ↗

— Eric Bentley

#biography #chaps #geography #maps

I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do. ↗

— Julie Benz

#i #love #miss #really #would

We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped! ↗

— Natasha Hamilton

#now #something #stopped #wanna #women