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Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
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
Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness… — Primo Levi
In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort because important people,… — Warren Buffett
Because those events are so real that they cast their shadow forward and backwards through all time, whenever men think of these matters at all.… — S.M. Stirling
We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception… — Brother Lawrence
the strange ideas we derive today will one day be our celebrated truths — Dan Brown
Although teachers do care and do work very, very hard, the institution is psychopathic-it has no conscience. It rings a bell and the young man… — John Taylor Gatto
Jesus, I wondered, what do you do with pain so bad it has no redeeming value? It cannot even be alchemized into art, into words,… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights derive not from… — Mark Levin
Jesus was not content to derive his ethics from the scriptures of his upbringing. He explicitly departed from them. [...] Since a principal thesis of… — Richard Dawkins
Morals â€” all correct moral laws â€” derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level. — Robert A. Heinlein
I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment;… — BrenÃ© Brown
The key insight of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is misleadingly simple: if an exchange between two parties is voluntary, it will not take place… — Milton Friedman
The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. — Alain de Botton
To be really honest, I think if anybody did derive comfort from the fact that 'there's always someone worse off than yourself,' they'd have to… — Stuart Hill
...we have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has… — Bruce Lee
Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents' expectations. This feeling… — Alice Miller
The principal use of prudence, of self-control, is that it teaches us to be masters of our passions, and to so control and guide them… — Rene Descartes
If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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