Best Pursuit Proverbs
1137 Pursuit quotes by 852 unique authors
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Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when…
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in…
— Plato
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Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every reality by a simple process of reason, independent of all…
— Plato
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All moments of joy include an element of happiness. But not all moments of happiness include joy. Happiness often comes from drive reduction-avoidance of pain…
— Laurel Mellin
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Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this…
— Plato
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Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
— Adyashanti
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Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact…
— Joel Garreau
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Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of the legal system,…
— Thane Rosenbaum
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A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would be the central…
— Michael Klare
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I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
— Lawana Blackwell
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We think there’s someplace other than here to get to—that’s what drives the whole pursuit. Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize…
— Adyashanti
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Anyone in pursuit of art is responding to a desire to make visible that which is not, to offer the unknown self to others.
— Unknown Author
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The blind pursuit of learning leads to excessive desires—the more you see, the more you want. Excessive desires, in turn, lead to anxiety and misery.
— Unknown Author
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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their…
— Plato
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The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard to pay.
— Tony Hoare
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The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
— Martin Van Buren
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In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime,…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do. But "enterprise" (…
— Tom Peters
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I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement,…
— George Washington
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[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.
— Barack Obama
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Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak to one another and share a common experience, then their…
— Barack Obama
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Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments.…
— Arianna Huffington
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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external…
— Stanislaw Ulam
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The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to…
— Muhammad Iqbal
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For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping…
— John M. McHugh
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