Since we are provided with both a body and a mind, we grasp onto the physical forms we see. Since we are… — Dogen Copy Share Image
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Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . .… — Percival Lowell Copy Share Image
Every single one of us will have our life interrupted, whether it's by the ripcord of a diagnosis or some other kind… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
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The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence. It is addicted to meaning. If the storytelling mind cannot find meaningful… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
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My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Mind you, Mount Rushmore isn't exactly the Parthenon or the Sistine Chapel either. After the naïve daftness of the Crazy Horse monument,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
When I look back on my nine years with the Raiders, what comes to mind first is my great association with Al… — George Blanda Copy Share Image
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Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
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My message, my key, my golden key to transform your energies, is creativity. Be more and more creative, and slowly slowly you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to be a genius. You have to keep a dozen of… — Gian-Carlo Rota Copy Share Image
Scientology's a slow process in the beginning. It teaches basic principles of life - do unto others as you'd have done to… — Leah Remini Copy Share Image
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