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There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's… — Robert Graves
Everything is grounded in mystery. Everything is swimming, and the stable does not exist. Life is a series of guesses, and there is mystery in… — Benjamin De Casseres
Complete nudity in itself is not erotic. It becomes so only when preceeded by or contrasted to a state of dress. In this limited context… — Lucy Irvine
When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual. — Robert Genn
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just… — Pierre Loti
If I am correct, the use of a product based on modelessness and monoty would soon become so habitual as to be nearly addictive, leading… — Jef Raskin
I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market… — Joseph Epstein
Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum and don't interrupt our patterns slightly. When we feel betrayed or disappointed, does it occur to us… — Pema Chodron
Shamanic healing is a journey. It involves stepping out of our habitual roles, our conventional scripts, and improvising a dancing path. — Gabrielle Roth
If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work… — Robert Henri
Live one day without any unhealthy thoughts. It may be very difficult, but try another day until it becomes habitual, and life will move in… — Ruth Stafford Peale
No change occurs if we just let our habitual tendencies and automatic patterns of thought perpetuate and even reinforce themselves, thought after thought, day after… — Matthieu Ricard
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy soul-for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then,… — Mark Antony
FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit. — Ambrose Bierce
Using awareness, personal responsibility and inner work to review our unskillful or frightened reactions, we become more adept at turning habitual reactions to balanced responses.… — John Earle
I do not know what the cat can have eaten. Usually I know exactly what the cat has eaten. Not only have I fed it… — Roy Blount, Jr.
Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve. — Geoffrey Madan
Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark… — Samuel Smiles
There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the… — Thomas Jefferson
This same habitual blindness to spiritual, substantive dimensions of every significant challenge continues to handicap Hollywood. — Michael Medved
I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only… — Brother Lawrence
We take for granted that we need to take showers, clean our house, and wash our clothes. Yet the mind and its thoughts need cleansing… — Anodea Judith
I believe people should study a little bit every day. It should become habitual, like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, having a shower or… — Bob Proctor
Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most of the time… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something… — Epictetus

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