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... with a rush of feeling he felt that this must be happiness. As soon as the thought came to him, he fought it back, blaming the whiskey. The very idea was as dangerous as presumptive speech: happiness could not be sought or worried into being, or even fully grasped; it should be allowed its own slow pace so that it passes unnoticed, if it ever comes at all Picture Quote #1

For the first time his mind grasped the fact that when life has sentenced you to suffer, the sentence is neither a fancy nor a threat, but you are dragged to the rack, and you are tortured, and there is no marvelous rescue at the last moment, no awakening as from a bad dream. He felt it as a foreboding which struck him with terror Picture Quote #1

Thoughts of themselves have no substance; let them arise and pass away unheeded. Thoughts will not take form of themselves, unless they are grasped by the attention; if they are ignored, there will be no appearing and no disappearing Picture Quote #1

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation Picture Quote #1

They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race Picture Quote #1

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased Picture Quote #1

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind Picture Quote #1

He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest fact grasped in its total, concrete reality Picture Quote #1

When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes Picture Quote #1

The underlying, primary psychic reality is so inconceivably complex that it can be grasped only at the farthest reach of intuition, and then but very dimly. That is why it needs symbols Picture Quote #1

I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool Picture Quote #1

One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity Picture Quote #1

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All novels... are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped? Picture Quote #1

When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong Picture Quote #1

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once Picture Quote #1

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything Picture Quote #1

I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating Picture Quote #1

Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp Picture Quote #1

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It is the same among the men and women, as among the silent trees; always a referred existence, an absence, never a presence and satisfaction. Is it, that beauty can never be grasped? In persons and in landscape is equally inaccessible? Picture Quote #1

Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life Picture Quote #1

When I dance, I look like I’m a dad at a prom. I never grasped my limbs. Ever since puberty I’ve just kind of felt like we don’t understand each other Picture Quote #1

The role of the artist, like that of the scholar, consists of seizing current truths often repeated to him, but which will take on new meaning for him and which he will make his own when he has grasped their deepest significance Picture Quote #1

Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that you’ve grasped the truth Picture Quote #1

The present is only understandable through the past, with which it forms a living continuity; and the past is always grasped from our own partial viewpoint within the present Picture Quote #1

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The sounds of many were unintelligible and undoubtedly many more called for their parents from whom they were parted by death or by accident. They grasped their tortured limbs, their tiny burning legs until they were no longer able to stand or run. And then they would crash to the ground where they would writhe in the bubbling tar until death released them from their physical misery Picture Quote #1

The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spectator should be led along the road that the artist indicates to him, and from the first be made to notice what the artist has felt Picture Quote #1

Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and yet always flying before them, becomes at once their sole torment and their sole happiness. Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery which is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel Picture Quote #1

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything Picture Quote #1

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... with a rush of feeling he felt that this must be happiness. As soon as the thought came to him, he fought it back, blaming the whiskey. The very idea was as dangerous as presumptive speech: happiness could not be sought or worried into being, or even fully grasped; it should be allowed its own slow pace so that it passes unnoticed, if it ever comes at all (Grasped Quotes) For the first time his mind grasped the fact that when life has sentenced you to suffer, the sentence is neither a fancy nor a threat, but you are dragged to the rack, and you are tortured, and there is no marvelous rescue at the last moment, no awakening as from a bad dream. He felt it as a foreboding which struck him with terror (Grasped Quotes) Thoughts of themselves have no substance; let them arise and pass away unheeded. Thoughts will not take form of themselves, unless they are grasped by the attention; if they are ignored, there will be no appearing and no disappearing (Grasped Quotes) If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation (Grasped Quotes) They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race (Grasped Quotes) One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased (Grasped Quotes) The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind (Grasped Quotes) He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest fact grasped in its total, concrete reality (Grasped Quotes) When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes (Grasped Quotes) The underlying, primary psychic reality is so inconceivably complex that it can be grasped only at the farthest reach of intuition, and then but very dimly. That is why it needs symbols (Grasped Quotes) I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool (Grasped Quotes) One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity (Grasped Quotes) All novels... are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped? (Grasped Quotes) When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong (Grasped Quotes) Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once (Grasped Quotes) What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything (Grasped Quotes) I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating (Grasped Quotes) Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp (Grasped Quotes) It is the same among the men and women, as among the silent trees; always a referred existence, an absence, never a presence and satisfaction. Is it, that beauty can never be grasped? In persons and in landscape is equally inaccessible? (Grasped Quotes) Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life (Grasped Quotes) When I dance, I look like I’m a dad at a prom. I never grasped my limbs. Ever since puberty I’ve just kind of felt like we don’t understand each other (Grasped Quotes) The role of the artist, like that of the scholar, consists of seizing current truths often repeated to him, but which will take on new meaning for him and which he will make his own when he has grasped their deepest significance (Grasped Quotes) Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that you’ve grasped the truth (Grasped Quotes) The present is only understandable through the past, with which it forms a living continuity; and the past is always grasped from our own partial viewpoint within the present (Grasped Quotes) The sounds of many were unintelligible and undoubtedly many more called for their parents from whom they were parted by death or by accident. They grasped their tortured limbs, their tiny burning legs until they were no longer able to stand or run. And then they would crash to the ground where they would writhe in the bubbling tar until death released them from their physical misery (Grasped Quotes) The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spectator should be led along the road that the artist indicates to him, and from the first be made to notice what the artist has felt (Grasped Quotes) Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and yet always flying before them, becomes at once their sole torment and their sole happiness. Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery which is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel (Grasped Quotes) A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything (Grasped Quotes)

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