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The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the… — Eckhart Tolle
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors… — Douglas Adams
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.… — James Madison
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. — Eckhart Tolle
I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story. — Wilkie Collins
The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary… — Nathaniel Branden
It's hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other persons dissimilar to… — John Stuart Mill
The primary urge that motivates and engenders writing...is the writer's desire to invent and tell a story, and to know himself. But the more I… — David Grossman
Even if I seemed to remember, I could not know. For just to remember something is not to know if it really happened. That is… — Joyce Carol Oates
There's a scientific hypothesis that every person's name is a primary suggestive command that contains the entire script of their life in highly concentrated form.… — Victor Pelevin
I think one of the primary goals of a feminist landscape architecture would be to work toward a public landscape in which we can roam… — Rebecca Solnit
The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs. — John Gardner
When I am battered and oppressed by the world that humanity has made - which is difference from the world that is was given -… — Dean Koontz
We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous.... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your senses, whereas frivolity… — Cynthia Heimel
As Charles Darwin said,'The economy shown by Nature in her resources is striking,'' says the Spirit. 'All wealth comes from Nature. Without it, there wouldn't… — Margaret Atwood
Pastries . . . can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage our hunger, when… — Muriel Barbery
Everything I’ve ever gotten in life is largely due to the fact that I was born in this country, America, at this time with these… — Thomas Friedman
Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. — Rhonda Byrne
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
You may remember the paradox of time we mentioned earlier: Whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now. So while your inner… — Eckhart Tolle
Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state… — Eckhart Tolle
Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself,… — Derrick Jensen
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind… — Thomas A. Edison
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church.… — M. Scott Peck
Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression in the family… — Bell Hooks

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