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Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Economy, 1854
Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.: Lord Jeffery
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.: Sean O'Faolain (1900 - 1991)
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It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship. It is essential for our democracy.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.: John Lennon (1940 - 1980), "Beautiful Boy"
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Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.: Dianne Houston, Take The Lead, 2006
'If it’s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.: The Mishnah
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial; but generally speaking, it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber: it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! and unfortunately, there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.: Joseph Joubert
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Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.: Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945), The Woman Within, 1954
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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.: Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.: Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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