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> [“If emotion and fatigue lowered the potency of thought, what raised it? I began to reconsider my moments of delight in terms of this statement of the problem, moments whose essential quality had been a fusing of experience, a flash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/if-emotion-and-fatigue-lowered-the-potency-of-thought-what-raised-it/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

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## More by Marion Milner

> [Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/sometimes-i-find-that-in-my-happy-moments-i-could-not-believe-that-i/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“By continual watching and expression I must learn to observe my thought and maintain a vigilance, not against “wrong” thoughts, but against refusal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/by-continual-watching-and-expression-i-must-learn-to-observe-my/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right for me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/happiness-not-only-needs-no-justification-but-it-is-also-the-only/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [Love is not getting, but giving. It is sacrifice. And sacrifice is glorious!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/love-is-not-getting-but-giving-it-is-sacrifice-and-sacrifice-is/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“Blind thinking… could make me pretend I was being true to myself when really I was only being true to an infantile fear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/blind-thinking-could-make-me-pretend-i-was-being-true-to-myself-when/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [until you have, once at least, faced everything you know - the whole universe - with utter giving in, and let all that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/until-you-have-once-at-least-faced-everything-you-know-the-whole/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/perhaps-if-one-really-knew-when-one-was-happy-one-would-know-the/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“Let no one think it is an easy way because it is concerned with moments of happiness rather than with stern duty or high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/let-no-one-think-it-is-an-easy-way-because-it-is-concerned-with/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/it-s-weak-and-despicable-to-go-on-wanting-things-and-not-trying-to/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“If emotion and fatigue lowered the potency of thought, what raised it? I began to reconsider my moments of delight in terms of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/if-emotion-and-fatigue-lowered-the-potency-of-thought-what-raised-it/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“I had just begun to ponder over the fact that all the things which I had found to be sources of happiness seemed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/i-had-just-begun-to-ponder-over-the-fact-that-all-the-things-which-i/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“It struck me as odd that it had taken me so long to reach a feeling of sureness that there was something in me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/it-struck-me-as-odd-that-it-had-taken-me-so-long-to-reach-a-feeling/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“Here then was a deadlock. I wanted to get the most out of life, but the more I tried to grasp, the more I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/here-then-was-a-deadlock-i-wanted-to-get-the-most-out-of-life-but-the/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [“I had been continually exhorted to define my purpose in life, but I was now beginning to doubt whether life might not be too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/i-had-been-continually-exhorted-to-define-my-purpose-in-life-but-i/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

> [I want to feel myself part of things, of the great drift and swirl: not cut off, missing things, like being sent to bed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-milner/i-want-to-feel-myself-part-of-things-of-the-great-drift-and-swirl-not/)

[Marion Milner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-milner/)

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