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External Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary…
- Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.
- Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious,…
More External Quotes
- In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does… — Saint Basil
- And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them. — Henri Bergson
- You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements… — Henri Bergson
- While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need… — Larry Bird
- It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and… — H. P. Blavatsky
- We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling… — H. P. Blavatsky
- Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly… — Daniel Boone
- What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially… — Constantin Brancusi
- Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities. — William Throsby Bridges
- God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will… — Orson Scott Card
- Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie
- Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and… — Kurt Cobain