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Forgiving is the ultimate source of peace, healing and inner happiness. — Nawang Khechog
Because drumming was recognized as an ancient source and symbol of the power of female technicians of the sacred, drumming was banned. Henceforth divinity was… — Layne Redmond
With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important… — Arthur Schopenhauer
To associate with other like-minded people in small, purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of profound psychological satisfaction.… — Aldous Huxley
On occasions, after drinking a pint of beer at luncheon, there would be a flow into my mind with sudden and unaccountable emotion, sometimes a… — A. E. Housman
From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they… — Plato
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe… — Margot Asquith
Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source… — Jack Layton
When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving.… — Ben Hecht
Art and ideology often interact on each other; but the plain fact is that both spring from a common source. Both draw on human experience… — Kenneth Tynan
To be a complete victim may be another source of power. — Iris Murdoch
He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with… — B.K.S. Iyengar
You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an… — Jillian Michaels
The saving grace of all really great gifts is that the persons who bear their burden remain superior to what they have done, at least… — Hannah Arendt
The egg it is the source of all. Tis everyone's ancestral hall. The bravest chief that ever fought, The lowest thief that e'er was caught,… — Clarence Day
Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the art of writing is itself translating, or more like translating than it is like anything… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake. — Umberto Eco
There's always a source for humor. — Calvin Trillin
California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction. — Ed Begley, Jr.
It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world. — Abba Eban

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