They Show Us Quotes
23 quotes by 22 authors
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The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life; they…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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They are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We see ourselves at…
— William Hazlitt
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Someone with whom we have a lifetime's worth of lessons to learn is someone whose presence in our lives forces us to grow...those who consciously…
— Marianne Williamson
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Dreams are impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, outside the control of the will. They are pure nature; they show us the unvarnished, natural…
— Carl Jung
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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children,…
— Brian Aldiss
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Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how…
— Anne Lamott
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I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.
— Barbara De Angelis
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Both the Winter and the Summer Solstices are expressions of love. They show us the opposition of light and dark, expansion and contraction, that characterize…
— Gary Zukav
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In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people’s value is not measured by their possessions or how much…
— Pope Francis
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The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired…
— Seth Godin
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That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
— Sam Raimi
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We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us…
— Ronald Reagan
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Blows are what awaken us & help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world & make us long to escape,…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to…
— William Westney
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You may have heard about living today, tomorrow, or "tonow." Tonow, children tell us, is a gift, which is why we call it "the present."…
— Bernie Siegel
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I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do. They…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat,…
— Anne Lamott
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Critics are our friends, they show us our faults.
— Benjamin Franklin
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We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in…
— Louisa May Alcott
Who Wrote These They Show Us Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 23 They Show Us Quotes as follows: