Realization Quotes

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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. — Maya Angelou
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by… — Abraham Maslow
It goes a long way back, some twenty years. All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to… — Ralph Ellison
To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation. — Paulo Coelho
There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They are… — Bruno Schulz
You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in. — Cassandra Clare
The strangeness of Time. Not in its passing, which can seem infinite, like a tunnel whose end you can't see, whose beginning you've forgotten, but… — Joyce Carol Oates
The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the… — Terry Pratchett
A man went to Istanbul, his first visit there. On his way to a business meeting, this man lost his way. He began raging at… — Melody Beattie
Art is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a veil of pointless… — Stephen King
All that happens when your dreams come true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought. — Mitch Albom
But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that… — Kinky Friedman
A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. — Haruki Murakami
One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap,… — Rajneesh
Art and morality are, with certain provisosâ€¦one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of… — Iris Murdoch
There would never be any room in her for anything else. No room for anything but the realization of what she had done. — Alice Munro
The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm… — Joseph Campbell
Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind,… — John Maeda
Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge… — Confucius
You were my last chance' she's said but don't all women say that? - But can it be by 'last chance' she doesn't mean mere… — Jack Kerouac

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