Everyone’s life changes when they meet their Obi-Wan & their Yoda, or their Morpheus & their Oracle; those who help remove the veil.

Ah, this is true. And this is false. What’s the best to you may be worst to someone else. Since every room here is completely different, each room is number one to someone, even if...

Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills a function in the life of the social organism. He...

We are about to sacrifice our civilization for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue to make enormous amounts of money. […] But it is the sufferings of the many which...

It’s a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

We take food for granted, but it isn’t a luxury for many people.

Come on, then,” I say, pulling him into my room.It feels like a luxury, sleeping with Peeta again. I didn’t realize until now how starved I’ve been for human closeness. For the feel of him...

It seems to make little sense how a person’s self-worth or self-confidence should be wrapped up in how much their jacket is worth or what shoe they are wearing. Does a person’s round or pointy-tip...

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization.

It is not a single cowardice that drives us into fiction’s fantasies. We often fear that literature is a game we can’t afford to play — the product of idleness and immoral ease. In the...

When my son speaks of playing sports, I’ve always told him: playing on the team is great, but aspire to be the guy who owns the team. I’ve always told my son: most of the...

We do not have the luxury of blaming others for our own problems. It is high time we addressed our national and regional problems with courage, sincerity and openness.

A virtuos woman is not moved by big names and flamboyance, but only men of profound wisdom and integrity move her.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

[In a city so poor that a T-shirt is considered a luxury item, many of those attending his launch rally had painted the initials of his party – the Congress for Democratic Change – on...

I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets… Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions into safe lulling warmth, thus isolating me from the sharp dead-cold edges of...

Luxury items are those things that are mass-produced by a third party and marketed to us to purchase so that we can express our individuality.

Kujamiiana si anasa tena katika maisha yangu. Ni hitaji muhimu kwa ujenzi wa familia.

Solace, is having the same company for years, while being seen as a stranger. Here, only a fool would think he had the luxury of friends.

Don’t judge me. Ethics and morality no longer exist in our world. It’s a luxury of the past, afforded only to those who had a future.

No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, IQ, etc.

The irony of life emerges when two categories of men give advices regarding contempt for wordly goods. One, the rich, who do not know at first hand, what poverty is and another, the poor, who...

Unfortunately, Mike Long has controlled the agenda. Unfortunately, Republicans in the state of New York don’t have the luxury of picking their own candidates on their own terms. That’s a big reason why the Republican...

Lack of luxury is not a reason to push others to poverty. ~ Michael A. van Doorn, Odyssey of a Heart, Home of a Soul

All spiritual leaders who live in luxury cannot enter God’s Paradise in Heaven. Repent or Perish.

The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of...

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

Usiifundishe familia yako anasa. Ifundishe upendo, unyenyekevu na hofu ya Mungu. Ukiifundisha anasa utahatarisha maisha ya mbinguni ya familia yako, na ya kwako pia.

When you’re not used to comfort and good things to eat, you’re intoxicated by them in no time. Truth’s only too pleased to leave you. Very little is ever needed for Truth to let go...

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Understand: I don’t ever want to be equal to any other being. I always want to be greater…in all things, in all circumstances.

You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure oriented.

If you would abolish avarice, you must abolish its mother, luxury

are a luxury we can no longer afford.

Having books standing on a shelf in a room is like having completely different worlds at the ready, waiting to be explored.

The ceremonial differentiation of the dietary is best seen in the use of intoxicating beverages and narcotics. If these articles of consumption are costly, they are felt to be noble and honorific. Therefore the base...

People just feel that travel is not something that’s a luxury anymore. It’s a necessity, and particularly at this time of year, people want to get home,

Spirits are perceived as affordable luxury. People are more careful with their spending today. Maybe they can’t buy a $40,000 BMW but they’re willing to buy a good $60 to $70 bottle of Scotch. You...

That’s not a luxury that we have right now in this particular draft.

It took a certain kind of person to come from luxury and seek out danger.

The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to ‘not lose’, as opposed to playing to win at all costs.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

I don’t own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars — it’s a luxury I can’t afford.

They might not have the luxury stuff like some teams, but as far as having the stuff to work with, they’ve got it. That’s not a problem.

We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.

I haven’t got that luxury. The 16 or 18 players involved in the first team are basically the only players I’ve got.

Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.

We never had this luxury before and it’s a nice problem to have. It’s an obvious advantage over any team, especially if you go to extra innings because your second pitcher won’t be as winded.

I think there is something about luxury – it’s not something people need, but it’s what they want. It really pulls at their heart.