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Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and leading on so many tributary… — Friedrich Nietzsche
People without imagination are beginning to tire of the importance attached to comfort, to culture, to leisure, to all that destroys imagination. This means that… — Raoul Vaneigem
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for… — Melody Beattie
Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness.… — Dalai Lama
Acceptance means focusing on the present while assessing the choices available to you in this moment. If there are many possibilities, make the choice that… — David Simon
In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities… — Mark Twain
We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources… — Margaret Mead
To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it means becoming completely one with… — Philip Kapleau
For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest. — Judith Guest
Loving yourself...does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart,… — Margot Anand
The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind. — Maria Montessori
Jesus was a pothead- long hair, beard, sandals, carpenter- do the math it all adds up. Living with twelve guys with no visible means of… — Ralphie May
Nature has but one plan of operation, invariably the same in the smallest things as well as in the largest, and so often do we… — Marcello Malpighi
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… — John F. Kennedy
This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they… — Samuel Johnson
You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live — William Shakespeare
Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining… — Judith Viorst
No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe… — Lafcadio Hearn
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as… — George Burns
Less feelings means less goodbyes. — Drake

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