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Love can transmute all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.
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Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.
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We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that…
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He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart…
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Everything that is great in life is the product of slow growth; the newer, and greater, and higher, and nobler the work,…
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The man who has a certain religious belief and fears to discuss it, lest it may be proved wrong, is not loyal…
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If there is a little sand in the sugar of home happiness, it really seems better to concentrate on the sweetness that…
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Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of…
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Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is a rivalry with ourselves. We should each day seek…
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Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.
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Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a…
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Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits,…
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
— William S. Burroughs
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Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
— Lewis Carroll
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Introspection is always retrospection
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably -…
— Walter Lippmann
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Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find…
— Bruce Barton
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Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair…
— Eric Maisel
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I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it is one…
— Allen Ginsberg
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When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.
— Jessica Alba
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Actually, Bruce [Springsteen] taught me about introspection. I think that's an incredible gift. I can really look inside myself. And you know…
— Unknown Author
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Moshe Sluhovsky's fascinating study links spirit possession, exorcism, and mystical practice in early modern Europe. Women and men, healers and priestly exorcisers…
— Natalie Zemon Davis
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Give yourself the gift of time in coming to answers for your life...It takes time, and a lot of introspection and soul-searching,…
— David Emerald Womeldorff
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If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500…
— Ian Fleming
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