Simply Quotes

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When someone tells you, "You've changed," it might simply be because you've stopped living your life their way. — John Spence
Pamela realizes for the first time in her life that she hadn't made the wrong choice at all. Nor had she made the right choice.… — Unknown Author
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and… — Joyce Cary
Our destiny can be examined, but it cannot be justified or totally explained. We are simply here. — Iris Murdoch
All expectations belong to the mind, all disciplines belong to the mind, all so-called saintliness and so-called sin belong to the mind. When there is… — Rajneesh
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of… — David Guterson
Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego. — Laozi
If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic. — Chiang Kai-shek
Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion,… — Laozi
We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish. — Dinaw Mengestu
Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith.… — Reza Aslan
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property of the text… — Jonathan Culler
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct… — Northrop Frye
The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. — Betty Friedan
The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others. — Edward Abbey
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the… — George Jones
The reason why we want to remember an image varies: because we simply 'love it,' or dislike it so intensely that it becomes compulsive, or… — Minor White
As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it. You shoot a film, and the result could have… — Woody Allen
I've spent most of my life living in cities where people are obsessed with looking down on people from everywhere else. You get so used… — Adam Duritz
Language, in its origin and essence, is simply a system of signs or symbols that denote real occurrences or their echo in the human soul. — Carl Jung
I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the… — Viktor E. Frankl
Truths emerge from facts, but they dip forward into facts again and add to them; which facts again create or reveal new truth (the word… — William James
The transition from tenseness, self-responsibility, and worry, to equanimity, receptivity, and peace, is the most wonderful of all those shiftings of inner equilibrium, those changes… — William James

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