"It is well to be alone. It fertilizes…" — Max Nordau
"It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse."
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10 Quotes by Max Nordau
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Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of…
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Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and…
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How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here…
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Let me tell you the following words as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward…
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The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon…
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[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case…
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We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes…
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The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.
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If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does…
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More Alone Quotes
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately…
— J. J. Abrams
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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