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To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live… — Henry David Thoreau
Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of… — Charles Dickens
According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you… — Haruki Murakami
What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said,… — Terry Pratchett
Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of… — Thomas Merton
Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications. — Raymond Carver
Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision… — Alice Walker
Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ...… — William Shakespeare
But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth. — Mahatma Gandhi
If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. — Soren Kierkegaard
The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really… — Khalil Gibran
In the world according to her father, Jenny Garp knew, we must have energy. Her famous grandmother, Jenny Fields, once thought of us as Externals,… — John Irving
I always thought the name of Utahâ€™s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word â€œdesert.â€ But no, Deseret is the â€œland… — A. J. Jacobs
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams -… — Paulo Coelho
We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives. — John O'Donohue
Alas," said Aslan, shaking his head. "It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength… — C.S. Lewis
We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in. — Thomas Hardy
Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But… — Mahatma Gandhi

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