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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A character is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A character is...

A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; -- read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A beautiful woman...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A beautiful woman...

A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad.

Source: In...

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Alan W Watts: Things are as...

Alan W Watts: Things are as...

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong...

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Gaston Bachelard: Ideas are invented...

Gaston Bachelard: Ideas are invented...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectifications of this kind one may hope to...

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Gaston Bachelard: A special kind...

Gaston Bachelard: A special kind...

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

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Ramana Maharshi: The degree of...

Ramana Maharshi: The degree of...

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to...

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Fanny Crosby: This is my...

Fanny Crosby: This is my...

This is my story, this is my Song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.


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Marianne Williamson: Joy is what...

Marianne Williamson: Joy is what...

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

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Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us...

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Lu Yan: The secret of...

Lu Yan: The secret of...

The secret of the magic of life consists in using action in order to attain non-action. One must not wish to leap...

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Isaac Watts: Acquire a government...

Isaac Watts: Acquire a government...

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are...

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Isaac Watts: At books, or...

Isaac Watts: At books, or...

At books, or work, or healthy play,
Let all my years be passed;
That I may give for every day
A good account...

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Mahatma Gandhi: In the attitude...

Mahatma Gandhi: In the attitude...

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves...

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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.

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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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Annie Dillard: I woke at...

Annie Dillard: I woke at...

I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than...

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Annie Dillard: I am a...

Annie Dillard: I am a...

I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my...

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Gertrude Stein: If you are...

Gertrude Stein: If you are...

If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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