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Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my...

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John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy...

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Salman Rushdie: If you want...

Salman Rushdie: If you want...

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language....

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Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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Marquis de Sade: How delightful are...

Marquis de Sade: How delightful are...

How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a...

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Marquis de Sade: Man's natural character...

Marquis de Sade: Man's natural character...

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom...

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Graham Henry Greene: My two fingers...

Graham Henry Greene: My two fingers...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course....

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: In every real...

Friedrich Nietzsche: In every real...

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Source: In Webster's...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: A strong and...

Friedrich Nietzsche: A strong and...

A strong and secure man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds alike) just as he digests his meat, even when he...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Liberal institutions straightway...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Liberal institutions straightway...

Liberal institutions straightway cease from being liberal the moment they are soundly...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A man makes...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A man makes...

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Beauty is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Beauty is the...

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: All conservatives are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: All conservatives are...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Can we never...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Can we never...

Can we never extract the tapeworm of Europe from the brain of our countrymen?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Coffee is good...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Coffee is good...

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

Source: Journals, 1841.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Columbus discovered no...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Columbus discovered no...

Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Few people know...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Few people know...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature,...

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Doug Horton: Thought precedes action,...

Doug Horton: Thought precedes action,...

Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

Source: In The...

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Henry Ward Beecher: Any law that...

Henry Ward Beecher: Any law that...

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community...

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