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If anyone gets intoxicated with his knowledge when he looks beneath him, let him turn his eyes upward toward past ages, and he will lower his horns, finding there so many thousands of minds that trample him underfoot. If he gets into some flattering presumption about his valor, let him remember the lives of the two Scipios, so many armies, so many nations, all of whom leave him so far behind them. No particular quality will make a man proud who balances it against the many weaknesses and... Michel de Montaigne
Jodi Picoult quote: "Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it,..."
Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what. Jodi Picoult
George F. Kennan quote: "Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find..."
Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural master. George F. Kennan
But then, Cap'n Crunch in a flake form would be suicidal madness; it would last about as long, when immersed in milk, as snowflakes sifting down into a deep fryer. No, the cereal engineers at General Mills had to find a shape that would minimize surface area, and, as some sort of compromise between the sphere that is dictated by Euclidean geometry and whatever sunken treasure related shapes that the cereal aestheticians were probably clamoring for, they came up with this hard -to-pin-down... Neal Stephenson
I look down past the stars to a terrifying darkness. I seem to recognize the place, but it's impossible. "Accident," I whisper. I will fall. I seem to desire the fall, and though I fight it with all my will I know in advance I can't win. Standing baffled, quaking with fear, three feet from the edge of a nightmare cliff, I find myself, incredibly, moving towards it. I look down, down, into bottomless blackness, feeling the dark power moving in me like an ocean current, some monster inside me,... John Gardner
There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your idea from listening, looking, or imagining. Stories are everywhere. All you have to do is pay attention. Kate DiCamillo
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Marrying means, to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to..."
Marrying means, to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find out an eel out of an assembly of snakes. Arthur Schopenhauer
You know I used to be the back porch poet with my book of lines, always hoping knowing all the time, I'm probably never gonna find the perfect rhyme. . .For heavier things John Mayer
Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself completely did I become capable of giving myself to another, of finding joy in desire, pleasure in our love, power in this body no one else owns. Dorothy Allison
Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "Outside nature, against nature, without excuse, beyond remedy,..."
Outside nature, against nature, without excuse, beyond remedy, except what remedy I find within myself. Jean-Paul Sartre
Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers. Chris Hedges
Stephenie Meyer quote: "Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a..."
Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over? Stephenie Meyer
I feel again the hunger to let go of my striving and find the ability to become content and still, intentionally "superfluous," as writer Helen M. Luke puts it. I want a refuge from my old conquering self. Sue Monk Kidd
Jeanette Winterson quote: "There is no greater grief than to find no happiness, but..."
There is no greater grief than to find no happiness, but happiness in what is past. Jeanette Winterson
In literature one has the best company in the world at complete command; one also has the worst. One has a social conscience which dissuades one from harbouring unprofitable company in life, and I find that my two canons are a great aid and support for an analogous literary conscience which speaks up against consorting with unprofitable company in literature. Albert J. Nock

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