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Richard Wright: The impulse to...

Richard Wright: The impulse to...

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preaching is personal...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preaching is personal...

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Source: Recalled on his death, 5...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Convictions are more...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Convictions are more...

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Source: In Webster's...

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Hosea Ballou: Doubt is the...

Hosea Ballou: Doubt is the...

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry Highland Garnet: Think of the...

Henry Highland Garnet: Think of the...

Think of the undying glory that hangs around the ancient name of Africa and forget not that you are native-born...

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Sydney Smith: Have the courage...

Sydney Smith: Have the courage...

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of...

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Ernest Dimnet: Education is the...

Ernest Dimnet: Education is the...

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Source: In The New...

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Ernest Dimnet: The history of...

Ernest Dimnet: The history of...

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the...

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Billy Graham: Comfort and prosperity...

Billy Graham: Comfort and prosperity...

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

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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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Plutarch: It is indeed...

Plutarch: It is indeed...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: I hate books,...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: I hate books,...

I hate books, for they only teach people to talk about what they don' t understand.

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Emile Chartier: Every idea I...

Emile Chartier: Every idea I...

Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.

Source: In What A...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One often contradicts...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One often contradicts...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was...

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Georg Hegel: An idea is...

Georg Hegel: An idea is...

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to...

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Sissela Bok: While all deception...

Sissela Bok: While all deception...

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

Source:...

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Chuang-tzu: He who pursues...

Chuang-tzu: He who pursues...

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

Source: In...

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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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Alan W Watts: The secret of...

Alan W Watts: The secret of...

The secret of the enjoyment of pleasure is to know when to stop. Man doesn't learn this secret easily, but to shun...

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