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Emile Durkheim: Sadness does not...

Emile Durkheim: Sadness does not...

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. ...

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Carl Sagan: There is a...

Carl Sagan: There is a...

There is a lurking fear that some things are 'not meant' to be known, that some inquiries are too dangerous for human...

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Louis Auchincloss: The glittering structure...

Louis Auchincloss: The glittering structure...

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake...

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Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Source:...

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Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being...

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Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Source: The narrator, Joe...

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Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Source: The act of Creation, bk....

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Plato: Arguments derived from...

Plato: Arguments derived from...

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

Source: Phaedo.
-- Plato, (May 21...

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Plutarch: The mind is...

Plutarch: The mind is...

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.

Source: In The...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: To endure is...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: To endure is...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: We all want...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: We all want...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to 'be' something we are no longer...

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Mahatma Gandhi: Rationalists are admirable...

Mahatma Gandhi: Rationalists are admirable...

Rationalists are admirable beings, rationalism is a hideous monster when it claims for itself omnipotence. Attribution...

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Robert Penn Warren: The poem ....

Robert Penn Warren: The poem ....

The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing...

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Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch...

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Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in...

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Mother Teresa: God is the...

Mother Teresa: God is the...

God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon...

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Epictetus: There is only...

Epictetus: There is only...

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our...

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John Locke: New opinions are...

John Locke: New opinions are...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any reason but because they are not already...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Charles Kingsley: He was one...

Charles Kingsley: He was one...

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use...

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