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Austin O'Malley: The worst misfortune...

Austin O'Malley: The worst misfortune...

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary...

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Claude Bernard: Hatred is the...

Claude Bernard: Hatred is the...

Hatred is the most clear-sighted, next to genius.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Gerald Jampolsky: The best way...

Gerald Jampolsky: The best way...

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

Source: In...

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Alfred Adler: Exaggerated sensitiveness is...

Alfred Adler: Exaggerated sensitiveness is...

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

Source:...

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Rollo May: [I]f you do...

Rollo May: [I]f you do...

[I]f you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed...

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Joyce Brothers: There is a...

Joyce Brothers: There is a...

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think...

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Claude Levi-Strauss: The scientific mind...

Claude Levi-Strauss: The scientific mind...

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

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Han Suyin: Truth, like surgery,...

Han Suyin: Truth, like surgery,...

Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.

Source: A Many Spendored Thing.
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Stanislaw Lem: Cancel me not...

Stanislaw Lem: Cancel me not...

Cancel me not -- for what shall then remain?
Abscissas, some mantissas, modules, modes,
A root or two, a torus...

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Meister Eckhart: If the only...

Meister Eckhart: If the only...

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.

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John Erskine: Opinion is that...

John Erskine: Opinion is that...

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without...

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Georges Pompidou: There are three...

Georges Pompidou: There are three...

There are three way of courting ruin -- women, gambling, and calling in technicians.

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Nancy Astor: One reason why...

Nancy Astor: One reason why...

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time.

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June Singer: Despite the continuing...

June Singer: Despite the continuing...

Despite the continuing expansion or even explosion of information, there will forever be limits beyond which the...

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Loren Eiseley: When the human...

Loren Eiseley: When the human...

When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason, we may say with absolute certainty that Man...

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Heraclitus of Ephesus: You could not...

Heraclitus of Ephesus: You could not...

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to...

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Simone Weil: Real genius is...

Simone Weil: Real genius is...

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

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Plutarch: Another such victory...

Plutarch: Another such victory...

Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone.

Source: In Quotable...

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Ernest Renan: As a rule,...

Ernest Renan: As a rule,...

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If...

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Phillips Brooks: Do not pray...

Phillips Brooks: Do not pray...

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal...

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