Isn Quotes
897 quotes by 623 authors
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I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.
— Eckhart Tolle
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Isn´t it strange how wealth is always wasted on the rich?
— Bill Bryson
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[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are serious about following…
— Rob Bell
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Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.
— Rob Bell
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Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that…
— Oprah Winfrey
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A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work into something that…
— Tom Hodgkinson
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Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out…
— Eckhart Tolle
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What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for…
— Jodi Picoult
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Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?
— Gustave Flaubert
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Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isn’t that the…
— Gustave Flaubert
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Love, being in love, isn’t a constant thing. It doesn’t always flow at the same strength. It’s not always like a river in flood. It’s…
— Aidan Chambers
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What an awful thing life is, isn’t it? It’s like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless.
— Gustave Flaubert
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It’s true, isn’t it? Then what else really matters?
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is there left but…
— Julian Barnes
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In February, the overcast sky isn’t gloomy so much as neutral and vague. It’s a significant factor in the common experience of depression among the…
— Charles Baxter
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Hallo, Rabbit,†he said, “is that you?†"Let’s pretend it isn’t,†said Rabbit, “and see what happens.
— A A Milne
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I’m an egotist, but I’m not selfish. There’s a difference. I’m a neurotic, I guess. I can’t stop thinking about myself. It isn’t that I…
— Henry Miller
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Isn’t it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the horror and waste…
— James Clavell
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
— Brandon Sanderson
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