Therefore Quotes
4218 quotes by 2275 authors
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Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only…
— C.S. Lewis
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By then running had entered the realm of the metaphysical. First there came the action of running, and accompanying it there was this entity known…
— Haruki Murakami
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What do I know about God and the purpose of life? I know that this world exists. That I am placed in it like my…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure…
— Paulo Coelho
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our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore…
— Carl Jung
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It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and children, but also…
— Elie Wiesel
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Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over…
— William Shakespeare
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If ever you are tempted to become discouraged or to lose faith, remember those faithful Saints who remained true in Kirtland. Hold on a little…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Once upon a time, when men and women hurtled through the air on metal wings, when they wore webbed feet and walked on the bottom…
— A. S. Byatt
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Throughout the entire history of philosophy, philosophers have sought to discover what man is - or what human nature is. But Sartre believed that man…
— Jostein Gaarder
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I told you not to take off work for this." “And miss your big finale? No way.I’m all atwitter to see how things turn out. 
— Julie James
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Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share in…
— Henri Nouwen
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Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Love loves unto purity. Love has ever in view the absolute loveliness of that which it beholds. Therefore all that is not beautiful in the…
— George MacDonald
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I tweet, therefore my entire life has shrunk to 140 character chunks of instant event and predigested gnomic wisdom. And swearing.
— Neil Gaiman
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Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the…
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am." He had, in…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children…
— Judy Blume
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