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The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have…

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Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.
To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to…
Is it wholly fantastic to admit the possibility that Nature herself strove toward what we call beauty? Face to face with any…
Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware…
Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.
The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold,…
Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.
The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any, which cannot…
Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes…
Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery.
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but…
Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and…

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When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if… — Natalie Clifford Barney
Selling your apartment in New York is like dating a manic-depressive.. you get used to cycles of elation and despondency. Every time… — Anderson Cooper
The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold,… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe. — Doug Larson
To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution… — Vince Lombardi
There will be something anguish or elation that is peculiar to this day alone. I rise from sleep and say: hail to… — Jessica Powers
Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure, we all contain failure and death within us, but… — Norman Mailer
For those of us who take literature very seriously, picking up a work of fiction is the start of an adventure comparable… — Unknown Author
Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation. — Amy Lowell
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous.… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of… — Adriana Trigiani
Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation. — Amy Lowell

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