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All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room. — Blaise Pascal
It is one's own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love. — Ayn Rand
The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code… — Richard M. Weaver
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government. — Theodore Roosevelt
Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without effort and without… — Baldassare Castiglione
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person. — Norman Vincent Peale
The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images. — Oskar Kokoschka
No one seems to realize how much we are driven by FEAR, the essential component of human personality. Everything else - from ambition to love… — Trenton Lee Stewart
Anger does not make history. Power does. And power may be supplemented by anger, but it derives from more fundamental realities; geography, demographics, technology, and… — George Friedman
Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order. ... Deep individualism cannot… — Philip Rieff
Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory. — Hans Christian Andersen
The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The… — Peter L. Bernstein
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. — Sigmund Freud
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. — Vincent Van Gogh
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. — Confucius
In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we… — Ville Valo
All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I should be at peace. I have understood. Don't some say that peace comes when you understand? I have understood. I should be at peace.… — Umberto Eco
Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can hope to understand the nature… — Robert Graves
The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his pleasure through-pain hurts… — Anton Szandor LaVey
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render… — Adam Smith
Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from… — Michael Palin
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows… — Ayn Rand
Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience. — Charles R. Swindoll
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. — BrenÃ© Brown

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