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if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. — Voltaire
Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others. — Virginia Woolf
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than… — Samuel Johnson
Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a… — Dean Koontz
There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally. — Michel de Montaigne
It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge… — Confucius
The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing. — Ernest Hemingway
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have… — Mahatma Gandhi
She closed one eye and looked at me and said, "I know there is a blessing in this somewhere." It is worth living long enough… — Marilynne Robinson
Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations… — Daniel Handler
If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense,… — Shunryu Suzuki
He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking… — Peter De Vries
It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual… — Alain de Botton
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know… — Epictetus
But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from without. I, myself,… — Oscar Wilde
It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. Father said that. That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a… — William Faulkner
Do what he will, he [the profane man] is an inheritor. He cannot utterly abolish his past, since he himself is a product of his… — Mircea Eliade

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