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William Blake
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
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H. L. Mencken
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants beyond everything else is safety.
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Author Unknown
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
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Pliny the Younger
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Arthur Golden
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
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Steve Aylett, Atom (a novel, 2000)
One golfer a year is hit by lightning. This may be the only evidence we have of God’s existence.
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G.K. Chesterton
What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.
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Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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Jim
Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.
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Felix Adler
Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.
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George Bernard Shaw
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
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Earl Warren
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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