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I shut my eyes in order to see.

Paul Gauguin

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Paul Gauguin

Tags: art, inspirational, creative, applause

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.

Marya Mannes

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.

Marya Mannes

Tags: attitude, gratitude, proper, aid

They were actually sitting at a table, like two old friends, not like the hunterand the hunted. And it wasn't especially awkward. They were comfortable together,despite the fact that she'd hit him wit...

Janet Evanovich

They were actually sitting at a table, like two old friends, not like the hunterand the hunted. And it wasn't especially awkward. They were comfortable together,despite the fact that she'd hit him wit...

Janet Evanovich

Tags: friends, table, comfortable, bus, hunter, scheme, hunted, janet evanovich, kate o hare, lee goldberg

The true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

Christopher Paolini

The true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

Christopher Paolini

Tags: war, christopher paolini

She wants to have her notebooks so that the flimsy framework of events, as she has constructed them in her school notebook, will be provided with walls and become a house she can live in. Because if t...

Milan Kundera

She wants to have her notebooks so that the flimsy framework of events, as she has constructed them in her school notebook, will be provided with walls and become a house she can live in. Because if t...

Milan Kundera

Tags: philosophy, memory, meaning of life, novel, existentialism, czech

One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.

Gustave Flaubert

One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.

Gustave Flaubert

Tags: life, society, duty, gustave flaubert, unconventional, conventions, madame bovary, rodolphe

How many thefts have there been?’ I asked.‘That depends on how you define it,’ said Adrian.Because material went missing off sites all the time, which is why important finds were collated and secured...

Ben Aaronovitch

How many thefts have there been?’ I asked.‘That depends on how you define it,’ said Adrian.Because material went missing off sites all the time, which is why important finds were collated and secured...

Ben Aaronovitch

Tags: context, archaeology

For always and for alwaysI pray remember meUpon the moors, beneath the starsWith the King's wild company.

Susanna Clarke

For always and for alwaysI pray remember meUpon the moors, beneath the starsWith the King's wild company.

Susanna Clarke

Tags: magic, spell, faeries, raven, raven king

But in the depths of their hearts, in that true and ultimate depth which is revealed to no one, there remained the memory of what had taken place and the consciousness that was has once been can be ag...

Ivo Andric

But in the depths of their hearts, in that true and ultimate depth which is revealed to no one, there remained the memory of what had taken place and the consciousness that was has once been can be ag...

Ivo Andric

Tags: hope, power, reason, struggle, abused, domestic abuse, adversary, arrogant men

Custom is the law of fools.

Sir John Vanbrugh

Custom is the law of fools.

Sir John Vanbrugh

Tags: custom

People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

Macaulay

People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

Macaulay

Tags: ancestry

Her deep romantic nature prevented her from demanding, from asking for that quenching. She wanted it to come freely, like flowers that are sent and not requested.

Sean Ferrer

Her deep romantic nature prevented her from demanding, from asking for that quenching. She wanted it to come freely, like flowers that are sent and not requested.

Sean Ferrer

Tags: love, parents, father, neglect, longing for love, daughter, audrey hepburn

Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Tags: youth, old, appreciation, old age, adult, youthful, youthfulness, adulthood, older, old people

Greed is the fast-track to poverty.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Greed is the fast-track to poverty.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Tags: greed, poverty, selfishness, greedy, self centered, selfish, egocentric, bankrupt, bankruptcy, impoverished

Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.

Amit Kalantri

Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.

Amit Kalantri

Tags: failure, inspirational, motivational, respect, success, wisdom, philosophy, inspiration, human, emotions

By no longer relying on approval from others for (false) reassurance or acceptance, you access a Divine channel of freedom.

Maria Flynn

By no longer relying on approval from others for (false) reassurance or acceptance, you access a Divine channel of freedom.

Maria Flynn

Tags: personal development, authenticity, authentic living

We have to accept that there are certain things in our life that are inescapable. These are the things that come natural to us and are necessary to our existence.

Auliq Ice

We have to accept that there are certain things in our life that are inescapable. These are the things that come natural to us and are necessary to our existence.

Auliq Ice

Tags: death, life, love, mistakes, life lessons, hatred, falling in love, life philosophy, problems, accidents

We can have traders, without them being traitors.We can trade, without trading others.We can trade our traits, and not our worst ones, with others.We can trade our traitors for better traders, or they...

Justin K. McFarlane Beau

We can have traders, without them being traitors.We can trade, without trading others.We can trade our traits, and not our worst ones, with others.We can trade our traitors for better traders, or they...

Justin K. McFarlane Beau

Tags: money, trust, trade, fairness, acheivement, backstabbers, equity, absolute productivity, economic philosophy, national acclaim

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Tags: fear, god, despair, belief, voice, believing, michael bassey johnson, negative people, negativity, pessimism

These five values are the organic origins of what could be called intuitive conscience. They are also what we experience personally as our core, essential yearnings, however distorted or confused we m...

Darrell Calkins

These five values are the organic origins of what could be called intuitive conscience. They are also what we experience personally as our core, essential yearnings, however distorted or confused we m...

Darrell Calkins

Tags: happiness, humor, inspiration, zen, curiosity, purpose, creativity, intuition, conscience, buddhism
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