To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.
The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions. . . what a privilege. What a blessing.
I just thank god that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.
The privileges of knowledge have to be bought at the cost of the consolations of ignorance.
The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that, in the egoistic pursuit of having as a possessing class, they suffocate in their own possessions and no longer are; they merely have.
Movement is a fantastic privilege but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to.
Privilege has its own way of seeing the world.
White privilege is the other side of racism.
She was his and he was hers. They had under-the-skin privileges.
Women haven't yet completely exchanged their privileges for their rights.
Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business.
You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives.
A free public broadcast license is a privilege.
It has been the privilege and the honor of my life to know you.
Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.
Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.
It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.
For whatever reason I was born into privilege; I've never known hunger, poverty, or despair. I have been blessed, blessed, blessed--relationally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this. . . but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined. We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat. . . . Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.
Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.