"I contracted a disease which I have never……" — Max Ehrmann
"I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I wanted to do - Writing."
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26 Quotes by Max Ehrmann
Max Ehrmann has 26 quotes on this site.
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Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
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Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.
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Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
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Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in…
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And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach…
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As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
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Be cheerful . Strive to be happy.
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I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught…
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Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
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You are a child of the universe...
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Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
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... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
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More Contracted Quotes
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Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
— Joseph Addison
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In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted into one sole symbolic attitude,…
— Henri Bergson
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In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and…
— Samuel Johnson
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In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature…
— Jack Kornfield
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A newborn child has to cry, for only in this way will his lungs expand. A doctor once told me…
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
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Someday, in the moment of death, your whole life will pass before you. In a few fractions of a second-because…
— Dan Millman
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The more comfort becomes your priority, the more contracted you become with fear.
— T. Harv Eker
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Romantic poetry and fiction of the last 2000 years has blinded us to the fact that emotions are a low…
— Timothy Leary
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Loving yourself is a willingness to be in the same space with your own creations. How contracted would you become…
— Thaddeus Golas
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Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important…
— Robert Fogel
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In most cases, preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize the entire contract and cost…
— Jeff Pulver
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