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External Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
- Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted,…
- Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered…
- Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not…
- None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most…
- To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide…
- I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,…
- Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them.
- Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are…
- Knowledge always desires increase, it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself.
More External Quotes
- I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the… — A. R. Ammons
- Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which… — B.K.S. Iyengar
- It is not only visitors to the zoo who are fascinated but uneasy in the presence of chimpanzees; the same is true… — Frans de Waal
- In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does… — Saint Basil
- 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
- Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities. — William Throsby Bridges
- Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie