"The questions of philosophy proper are human desires……" — Chauncey Wright

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• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by… — Marcus Aurelius
• India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex… — Sri Aurobindo
• To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,… — Charles Baudelaire
• The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality. — Theodor Adorno
• Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them… — Allan Bloom
• Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything… — Victor Borge
• In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings… — Lakhdar Brahimi
• Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? — Robert Browning
• Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up… — Louisa May Alcott
• Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. — William Ellery Channing
• You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. — James Allen
• To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. — James Allen

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