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- He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. — Edmund Burke
- If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by… — Winston Churchill
- It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile,… — C.S. Lewis
- Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us… — Edmund Burke
- When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work. — Swami Vivekananda
- Sensation is not the conduction of a quality or state of external bodies to consciousness, but the conduction of a quality or… — Johannes Peter Muller
- This is, i think, very much the Age of Anxiety, the age of the neurosis, because along with so much that weighs… — Louis Kronenberger
- If a symbolic language dies, it tortures us like a nightmare, like a thousand piece orchestra grating on our nerves and tearing… — Asger Jorn
- God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
- We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle… — George Eliot
- The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice.… — H.G. Wells
- It is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us. — H.G. Wells