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922 Unable quotes by 723 unique authors

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in ways that we are… — George Eliot
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats… — Aristotle
For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the flesh is the… — Peter Damian
The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity… — Joseph Addison
Therefore, in my incontrovertible capacity as plaintiff and defendant judge and accused, I condemn this nature, which has so brazenly and unceremoniously inflicted this suffering...… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Somehow this literary genre, which most people condemned, acted as a sort of counterbalance to Charles's soul; it was the ballast that prevented him from… — FÃ©lix J. Palma
LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it… — Ambrose Bierce
I willingly trust myself to chance. I let my thoughts wander, I digress, not only sitting at my work, but all day long, all night… — Simone de Beauvoir
The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of… — May Sarton
Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable to connect with… — Pema Chodron
If God requires of the sinner, dead in sin, that he should take the first step, then he requires just that which renders salvation as… — Charles Spurgeon
People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate… — James Dean
If you have peace of mind, when you meet with problems and difficulties they won’t disturb your inner peace. You’ll be able to employ your… — Dalai Lama
Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things. — Blaise Pascal
Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so… — C. Everett Koop
If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy. — John Gallagher, Jr.
In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned… — Ruth First
I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use my… — Gordon Parks
Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin. — Ambrose
Even in earliest youth my fondest desire was to understand Nature, and thus to come closer to the truth; a truth that I was unable… — Viktor Schauberger
I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting. — Henri Matisse
There is an intellectual function in us which demands unity, connection and intelligibility from any material, whether of perception or thought, that comes within its… — Sigmund Freud
I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me; now and then there are horrible fits of anxiety, apparently without cause, or… — Vincent Van Gogh
When we are unable to love and appreciate ourselves and our efforts, we run away from our mistakes and failures, rather than learning from them. — Meredith L. Young-Sowers

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