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I have never been disappointed upon asking microorganisms for whatever I wanted. — Kinichiro Sakaguchi
The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders,… — Henry Grady Weaver
The process of writing fiction is totally unconscious. It comes from what you are learning, as you live, from within. For me, all writing is… — Nadine Gordimer
Art can no longer be art today if it does not reach into the heart of our present culture and work transformatively within it that… — Joseph Beuys
In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest,… — Joseph Conrad
A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a… — Joseph Conrad
I have long held firm to my suspicion that some people are just evil. In some cases I'll concede it seems as though it is… — Unknown Author
Ethics evolve naturally, and we trample upon them with laws created by reason and experience. — Winston Churchill
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was asked what type of earning was best, and he replied: " A man's work with his hands… — Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Do you know who will go first on the Day of Resurrection to the shade of God...Those… — Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
Heaven smiles upon those who share its gifts. — Marshall Vian Summers
You must learn to live with the big questions and wait for the next steps to arise. Only with this patience and perseverance, can Heaven… — Marshall Vian Summers
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of… — Thomas Carlyle
As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! — Samuel Pepys
Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without… — Miguel de Cervantes
The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war. — John Hospers
Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out. — Julia Cameron
Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly upon us. We… — Janet Morris

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