Condition Quotes

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Yet I know that good is coming to meâ€”that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to… — George MacDonald
Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and… — Charles Dickens
The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience. — Dalai Lama
We are accustomed to repeating the clichÃ©, and to believing, that 'our most precious resource is our children.' But we have plenty of children to… — Michael Chabon
You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it. — Saul Bellow
I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns… — Henri Matisse
Thereâ€™s no condition one adjusts to so quickly as a state of war. — Alice Sebold
You, sir, are a romantic, and I'm afraid the condition is incurable. -Eponymous Clent — Frances Hardinge
Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. — Peter Singer
The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness. — Jane Smiley
I ma trying to feel more well adjusted than I really am, which is, I guess, the human condition. — Douglas Coupland
Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength… — Thomas Hardy
He said that hate makes the world go round People are afraid of what they really want They make enemies of all the things that… — Henry Rollins
To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing… — Georges Bataille
God did not direct His call to Isaiahâ€” Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is… — Oswald Chambers
Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of music I really… — Leo Tolstoy
Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of… — Dean Koontz
There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are… — Victor Hugo
The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life… — Ernest Becker
Good writing is good writing. In many ways, itâ€™s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary fiction expects the… — Rosemary Clement-Moore

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