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Heraclitus of Ephesus: It is hard...

Heraclitus of Ephesus: It is hard...

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: He who lives...

Friedrich Nietzsche: He who lives...

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: I do not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: I do not...

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal,...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: That grand drama...

Friedrich Nietzsche: That grand drama...

That grand drama in a hundred acts, which is reserved for the next two centuries of Europe --the most terrible, most...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A certain awkwardness...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A certain awkwardness...

A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they...

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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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Giordano Bruno: There is no...

Giordano Bruno: There is no...

There is no law governing all things.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Plutarch: The wildest colts...

Plutarch: The wildest colts...

The wildest colts make the best horses.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Plutarch: Medicine, to produce...

Plutarch: Medicine, to produce...

Medicine, to produce health, has to examine disease.

Source: Lives, 'Demetrius',...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Because men really...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Because men really...

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: In the mountains...

Friedrich Nietzsche: In the mountains...

In the mountains the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that one must have long legs. Aphorisms should be...

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William Hamilton: [A]ll that is...

William Hamilton: [A]ll that is...

[A]ll that is conceivable in thought lies between two extremes, which, as contradictory of each other, can not both be...

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Gaston Bachelard: Reverie is not...

Gaston Bachelard: Reverie is not...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the...

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Phillips Brooks: O little town...

Phillips Brooks: O little town...

O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go...

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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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Hosea Ballou: Tears of joy...

Hosea Ballou: Tears of joy...

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Source: In The...

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Henry Highland Garnet: In every man's...

Henry Highland Garnet: In every man's...

In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him...

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Henry Ward Beecher: What a mother...

Henry Ward Beecher: What a mother...

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Source: In...

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Frederick Robertson: The true aim...

Frederick Robertson: The true aim...

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle...

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