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823 Provides quotes by 695 unique authors
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Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any…
— John Stuart Mill
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Entertainment provides relief. Art provokes engagement.
— David Foster Wallace
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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for…
— Hermann Hesse
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I find I think of myself not as a writer so much as someone who provides a gateway, a tangential route for readers to reach…
— Erin Morgenstern
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I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe.
— Jandy Nelson
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I have lived alone, I have fought alone, I have dealt with the pain alone. I will die alone. I think when I'm going to…
— James Frey
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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of nothing…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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We don’t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of…
— Nicholas G. Carr
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Sin is the willful transgression of divine law. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the gift of God to His children to correct and overcome…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the custom…
— Steven Pinker
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A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.
— Roger Ebert
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No matter what advantages you are born with-- money, intelligence, an appealing personality, a sunny outlook, or good social connections-- none of these provides a…
— Deepak Chopra
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Meat is necessary when there is hard physical work to be done, or in a very cold climate, or when edible plants cannot be found...Animal…
— G I Gurdjieff
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Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to…
— Larry Crabb
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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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I want as much time in the darkness as I can possibly have. The darkness provides cover, the darkness provides places to hide and the…
— James Frey
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The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is…
— David Attenborough
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In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure…
— Sidney Poitier
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Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. And there is a beauty…
— Cassandra Clare
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When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or…
— Sonia Sotomayor
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Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.
— Abdul Kalam
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