External Quotes

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Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at… — Douglas Adams
Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself. — Bertrand Russell
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
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the… — Samuel Adams
If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then? — George Orwell
There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness… — Leo Buscaglia
It's always a disappointing business confronting my own reflection. My body isn't bad. It's a perfectly nice, serviceable body. It's just that the external me-… — ZoÃ« Heller
That which compels us to create a substitute for ourselves is not the external lack of objects, but our incapacity to lovingly include a thing… — Carl Jung
It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him. — Blaise Pascal
Indeed, compulsive and rigid moralism arises in given persons precisely as the result of a lack of sense of being. Rigid moralism is a compensatory… — Rollo May
Philosophy is not in a state of external reflection on other domains, but in a state of active and internal alliance with them, and it… — Gilles Deleuze
As for fame, fame felt like nothing. Fame was not a sensation like love or hunger or loneliness, welling from within and invisible to the… — Yann Martel
Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your… — Brian Weiss
Many...have learned that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable peasant leads a… — Thomas Hardy
One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or gifts.… — Marvin J. Ashton
Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real… — Victor Hugo
We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be… — Thomas Merton
I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page… — H P Lovecraft
[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't… — Charles Taylor

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