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William James: In the practical...

William James: In the practical...

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

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Charles Sanders Peirce: All the evolution...

Charles Sanders Peirce: All the evolution...

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

Source: In...

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Mary Daly: Work is a...

Mary Daly: Work is a...

Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics.

Source: In Words of...

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Reinhold Niebuhr: Nothing which is...

Reinhold Niebuhr: Nothing which is...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must...

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Aristotle: Now a whole...

Aristotle: Now a whole...

Now a whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Source: Poetics,...

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Aristotle: The greatest thing...

Aristotle: The greatest thing...

The greatest thing is style. . . a mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for...

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Baltasar Gracian: Tis by no...

Baltasar Gracian: Tis by no...

'Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

Source: In...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: We become wiser...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: We become wiser...

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

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John Wesley: The longer I...

John Wesley: The longer I...

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities.

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John Keble: As fire kindled...

John Keble: As fire kindled...

As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

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Buddha: There are two...

Buddha: There are two...

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth -- not going all the way, and not...

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: If a fly...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: If a fly...

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

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Anthony J D'Angelo: Always be nice...

Anthony J D'Angelo: Always be nice...

Always be nice to secretaries. They are the real gatekeepers in the world.

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Richard Allen: Whereas our ancestors...

Richard Allen: Whereas our ancestors...

Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their...

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What a blind...

What a blind...

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

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-- Helen...

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Those who cannot...

Those who cannot...

Those who cannot miss an opportunity of saying a good thing . . . are not to be trusted with the management of any...

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American history is...

American history is...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said...

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They saw themselves...

They saw themselves...

They saw themselves as others had seen them. They had been formed by the images made of them by those who had had the...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no way of conveying to the corpse the reasons you have made him one --you have the corpse, and you are,...

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It is only...

It is only...

It is only the fear of malpractice that keeps doctors candid in this country.

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