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The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self… — Eric Hoffer
The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American.is… — Eric Hoffer
For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms... out of that he should create fair thoughts; and soon he… — Plato
All works of art should begin... at the end. — Edgar Allan Poe
I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material. — Joan Rivers
A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed-- Now if you're ready, Oysters,… — Lewis Carroll
Reform, like charity, must begin at home. — Thomas Carlyle
To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. — John Milton
Now I come to you full of future. And from habit we begin to live our past. — Rainer Maria Rilke
When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. — Joseph Campbell
I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as my eye takes… — Henry Moore
And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow; Sweet voices mysteriously wailing Pierce through me as onward they go. They sail… — Heinrich Heine
True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided by an intelligence… — Eckhart Tolle
Truth and reality in art begin at the point where the artist ceases to understand what he is doing and capable of doing - yet… — Henri Matisse
If I were in the government I would have a brigade of policemen assigned to keeping an eye on people who paint landscapes outdoors. Oh,… — Edgar Degas
One by one the objects are defined? It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf But now the stark dignity of entrance?Still, the profound change has come… — William Carlos Williams
I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even… — Vincent Van Gogh
I certainly do not begin with any meaning. It is as though my hands do all the thinking. — Quentin Bell
There is much good work to be done by every one of us and we must begin to do it. — Wendell Berry
September is the time to begin again. In the country, when I could smell the wood-smoke in the forest, and the curtains could be drawn… — Eleanor Perenyi

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