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George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon...

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Rachel Field: I used to...

Rachel Field: I used to...

I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily...

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Mortimer Adler: All books will...

Mortimer Adler: All books will...

All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.

Source: In...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One must learn...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One must learn...

One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not...

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William E Channing: It is mind...

William E Channing: It is mind...

It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be...

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Thomas ? Kempis: Man considers the...

Thomas ? Kempis: Man considers the...

Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.

Source: De Imitatione...

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Thomas ? Kempis: Activate yourself to...

Thomas ? Kempis: Activate yourself to...

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to...

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Israel Zangwill: The Past:...

Israel Zangwill: The Past:...

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration,...

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Francis J Grimke: It is only...

Francis J Grimke: It is only...

It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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Henri Bergson: Intelligence is the...

Henri Bergson: Intelligence is the...

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

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Theodor W Adorno: Culture is only...

Theodor W Adorno: Culture is only...

Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it...

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Bernard Mandeville: Those who get...

Bernard Mandeville: Those who get...

Those who get their living by their daily labor . . . have nothing to stir them up to be serviceable but their wants...

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Socrates: Employ your time...

Socrates: Employ your time...

Employ your time improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily to what others have labored...

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Alan W Watts: Trying to define...

Alan W Watts: Trying to define...

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Source: In Life,...

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George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: That indescribable expression...

Helen Hunt Jackson: That indescribable expression...

That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains,
But Emigrated to another star!


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Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

Source: Ramona...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

Source: Ramona, 1884.
-- Helen...

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