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We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that create suffering for… — Sharon Salzberg
When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about… — Samantha Power
What I try to do is tell my constituents that this is what I believe and this is why I made that vote. And I… — Martin Heinrich
When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they are mistaken. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and perhaps of imitation, are more strongly marked than in man:… — Charles Darwin
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking — John Lubbock
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. The… — Ambrose Bierce
Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom — Francis Bacon Sr
The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge; that… — Samuel Johnson
Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second-hand from books or other… — William Hazlitt
When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise. — Lord Chesterfield
Good advice is often a doubtful remedy, but generally not dangerous because it has so little effect...... — Carl Gustav Jung
Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it… — Ambrose Bierce
Those learned in the law, when they do give advice without the usual fee, and in the confidence of friendship, generally say, Pay, pay anything… — Francois La Rochefoucauld
He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite, of whom you should beware — Chinese Proverbs
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people… — Margery Williams
'What is REAL?' asked the Rabbit one day, 'Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?''Real isn't how you are… — Margery Williams
If we had a girl, my wife wanted to call her Sue -- a lovely name, but which for Jews is generally a verb... — Dennis Wolfberg

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