Ordinary Quotes

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Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and glance… — Barbara Holland
A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of… — Allen Lacy
Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary. — Linji Yixuan
In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. — Plato
Always try to grow in your garden some plant or plants out of the ordinary, something your neighbors never attempted. For you can receive no… — Richardson Wright
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. — Austin O'Malley
A miracle is nothing more or less than this. Anyone who has come into a knowledge of his true identity, of his oneness with the… — Ralph Waldo Trine
If ordinary people really knew that consciousness and not matter is the link that connects us with each other and the world, then their views… — Amit Goswami
I don't think anyone 'finds' joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles, that strengthen our hearts… — Dawna Markova
And now for the vapor-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretch pieces of woolen cloth, taking care to get… — Herodotus
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord… — Socrates
We are all inspired by the incredible stories of handicapped people who write novels with their toes, cancer victims who run marathons for cancer research,… — Danah Zohar
In the hidden order of reality, there is no distinction between mind and matter. The split between inner and outer - subjective and objective -… — Robert Moss
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. — Socrates
I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar! — Margarita Engle
Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the 'invisible worlds' beyond ordinary reality to retrieve information for change in any area of your… — Sandra Ingerman
The ordinary people will consider it lack of simplicity to harmonize all the changes throughout ten thousand years. With a tired body and a frightened… — Guo Xiang
There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs. The frogs never become princes, but it is an acknowledged… — Stephen Mitchell
Being poor doesn't mean being ordinary. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Much of the present difficulty in industrial relations arises from the fact that too many employers as well as too many legislators take the Labor… — Unknown Author
The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and don't worry. — Unknown Author
Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot. — Jim Harrison
Never get so fascinated by the extraordinary that you forget the ordinary. — Unknown Author
Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature has been rashly ascribed to the immediate action of… — Edward Gibbon
That even an apocalypse can be made to seem part of the ordinary horizon of expectation constitutes an unparalleled violence that is being done to… — Susan Sontag

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