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But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of persecution always proceeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet. — Sylvia Earle
Do what we will, the Colorado will one day find an unimpeded way to the sea. — Donald Worster
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean of the inexplicable.… — Thomas Huxley
Why are atoms so small? ... Many examples have been devised to bring this fact home to an audience, none of them more impressive than… — Erwin Schrodinger
And resting in the ocean, dipped into the sea, I find glimmers of One Taste everywhere. — Ken Wilber
...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them,… — Barack Obama
When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost… — Joseph Campbell
Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power to shake me as they… — William Wordsworth
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like… — Horace
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, and the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in his arms, but also a kind… — H. L. Mencken
I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my… — Jules Renard
When you've always worked hard in the theater, you find that when you stop playing at the end of a run, the evenings seem very… — Rex Harrison
Let him go where he will, he can only find so much beauty or worth as he carries. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us. — W. Somerset Maugham
The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. — Henry David Thoreau
Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others. — Timothy Leary
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The normal is what you find but rarely. The normal is an ideal. It is a picture that one fabricates of the average characteristics of… — W. Somerset Maugham
High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own… — Samuel Johnson
Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in… — Franklin P. Adams
I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it seems you must… — Caitlin Moran
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very… — Charles Caleb Colton
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. — Samuel Johnson

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