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Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is… — Ayn Rand
It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this… — Albert Einstein
He knew very well that love could be like the most beautiful singing, that it could make death inconsequential, that it existed in forms so… — Mark Helprin
There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky,… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
Most people go through their whole lives," John went on, "and never have one miracle happen to them. You've had dozens and dozens, and you… — Martha Beck
Look!You want to see? See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik's face! Now you know the face of… — Gaston Leroux
I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying… — C.S. Lewis
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
My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called… — William Shakespeare
On the Bigotry of Culture: : it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in itself, that is, which requires no justification but… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to… — Margaret George
After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered while… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can find someone like… — Patrick Rothfuss
A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to… — Mo Willems
India, she now knew, would not be content staying in the background, was nobody's wallpaper, insisted in interjecting itself into everyone's life, meddling with it,… — Thrity Umrigar
You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you… — Charles Spurgeon
Take all away. I am content to know Such love is mine-for life is all too brief To grieve for pleasures bringing only grief; Give… — Ruth Graham
At last concluded that no creature was more miserable than man, for that all other creatures are content with those bounds that nature set them,… — Desiderius Erasmus
The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfectionâ€”and told us that we… — Richard Rohr
I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more. — Henry Fielding

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