I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some extent, I feel kind of relieved. But the very fact I felt I had to make such a world probably...
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Haruki Murakami
Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness
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Confucius
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Aristotle
They were quiet for a while, eating, then Oromis asked, "Can you tell me, What is the most important mental tool a person can possess?" It was a serious question, and Eragon considered it for a reasonable span before he ventured to say, "Determination."Oromis tore...
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Christopher Paolini
Across the centuries the moral systems from medival chivalry to Bruce Springsteen love anthems have worked the same basic way. They take immediate selfish interests and enmesh them within transcendent, spiritual meanings. Love becomes a holy cause, an act of self-sacrifice and selfless commitment. But...
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David Brooks
More Quotes By Jean Anouilh
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
I spit on your happiness! I spit on your idea of life--that life that must go on, come what may. You are all like dogs that lick everything they smell. You with your promise of a humdrum happiness--provided a person doesn't ask much of life....
Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
