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Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness Picture Quote #1

This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself Picture Quote #1

How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population Picture Quote #1

It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses Picture Quote #1

Those great efforts of intellect, upon which the mind sometimes touches, are such that it cannot maintain itself there. It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, forever, but merely for an instant Picture Quote #1

The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves Picture Quote #1

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It is not the bee’s touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet Picture Quote #1

Surely one of the peculiar habits of circumstances is the way they follow, in their eternal recurrence, a single course. If an event happens once in a life, it may be depended upon to repeat later its general design Picture Quote #1

Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it Picture Quote #1

The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one in the degrees of their abjection when evil returns upon them Picture Quote #1

Certainly it was ordained as a scourge upon the pride of human wisdom, that the wisest of us all, should thus outwit ourselves, and eternally forego our purposes in the intemperate act of pursuing them Picture Quote #1

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it Picture Quote #1

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Success and failure in our own national economy will hang upon the degree to which we are able to work with races and nations whose social order and whose behavior and attitudes are strange to us Picture Quote #1

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal, unattractive, and unecessary idea ever imposed upon the human race Picture Quote #1

Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves Picture Quote #1

Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons Picture Quote #1

When I am convinced of any principle, it is only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be a doctor once upon a time, but it turns out you’ve got to study, and that wasn’t going to happen. I had no idea what I was going to do. I had trouble holding jobs because they want you to be on time. That wasn’t going to work Picture Quote #1

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Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, and our votes have been counted Picture Quote #1

Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of human beings: nuclear weapons and poverty; ignorance and disease Picture Quote #1

Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer’s claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We come upon a frenzy of words and suspect it hides a paucity of feeling Picture Quote #1

The whole bloody system is sick: the very notion of leadership, a balloon with a face painted upon it, elected and inflated by media’s diabolic need to reduce ideas to personalities Picture Quote #1

Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of the hierarchical order and so provides for the unity of imperative control Picture Quote #1

The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it’s own mechanisms Picture Quote #1

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The sun of a prince’s good graces resembles that in the skies in that it shines most kindly upon the blackest people Picture Quote #1

You are doing something very sacred here, something very daring, during your life upon the earth. You are defining yourself, and then creating yourself anew, in each golden moment of now Picture Quote #1

Ladies and gentlemen, if some of the leading artists in a civilization see a man urinating in another man’s mouth and see composition and lighting and do not see their civilization being pissed upon, we are in trouble Picture Quote #1

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure Picture Quote #1

God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them Picture Quote #1

One of the baffling things about life is that the purposes of institutions may be ideal, while their administration, dependent upon the faults and weaknesses of human beings, may be bad Picture Quote #1

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Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness (Upon Quotes) This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself (Upon Quotes) How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population (Upon Quotes) It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses (Upon Quotes) Those great efforts of intellect, upon which the mind sometimes touches, are such that it cannot maintain itself there. It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, forever, but merely for an instant (Upon Quotes) The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves (Upon Quotes) It is not the bee’s touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet (Upon Quotes) Surely one of the peculiar habits of circumstances is the way they follow, in their eternal recurrence, a single course. If an event happens once in a life, it may be depended upon to repeat later its general design (Upon Quotes) Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it (Upon Quotes) The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one in the degrees of their abjection when evil returns upon them (Upon Quotes) Certainly it was ordained as a scourge upon the pride of human wisdom, that the wisest of us all, should thus outwit ourselves, and eternally forego our purposes in the intemperate act of pursuing them (Upon Quotes) I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it (Upon Quotes) Success and failure in our own national economy will hang upon the degree to which we are able to work with races and nations whose social order and whose behavior and attitudes are strange to us (Upon Quotes) I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal, unattractive, and unecessary idea ever imposed upon the human race (Upon Quotes) Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves (Upon Quotes) Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons (Upon Quotes) When I am convinced of any principle, it is only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence (Upon Quotes) I wanted to be a doctor once upon a time, but it turns out you’ve got to study, and that wasn’t going to happen. I had no idea what I was going to do. I had trouble holding jobs because they want you to be on time. That wasn’t going to work (Upon Quotes) Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, and our votes have been counted (Upon Quotes) Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of human beings: nuclear weapons and poverty; ignorance and disease (Upon Quotes) Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer’s claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We come upon a frenzy of words and suspect it hides a paucity of feeling (Upon Quotes) The whole bloody system is sick: the very notion of leadership, a balloon with a face painted upon it, elected and inflated by media’s diabolic need to reduce ideas to personalities (Upon Quotes) Authority is the spiritual dimension of power because it depends upon faith in a system of meaning that decrees the necessity of the hierarchical order and so provides for the unity of imperative control (Upon Quotes) The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it’s own mechanisms (Upon Quotes) The sun of a prince’s good graces resembles that in the skies in that it shines most kindly upon the blackest people (Upon Quotes) You are doing something very sacred here, something very daring, during your life upon the earth. You are defining yourself, and then creating yourself anew, in each golden moment of now (Upon Quotes) Ladies and gentlemen, if some of the leading artists in a civilization see a man urinating in another man’s mouth and see composition and lighting and do not see their civilization being pissed upon, we are in trouble (Upon Quotes) We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure (Upon Quotes) God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them (Upon Quotes) One of the baffling things about life is that the purposes of institutions may be ideal, while their administration, dependent upon the faults and weaknesses of human beings, may be bad (Upon Quotes)

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