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Findings Quotes (page 112)

Franz Kafka quote: "The state we find ourselves in is sinful quite independent of..."
The state we find ourselves in is sinful quite independent of guilt. Franz Kafka
The way to find out about our place in the universe is by examining the universe and by examining ourselves - without preconceptions, with as unbiased a mind as we can muster. Carl Sagan
You must find your dream...but no dream lasts forever, each dream is followed by another, and one should not cling to any particular dream. Herman Hesse
Alexander Pope quote: "Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Alexander Pope
E. E. Cummings quote: "For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),It's always our self..."
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),It's always our self we find in the sea. E. E. Cummings
But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his... John Steinbeck
And she finds it difficult to believe—that a person would love her even when she isn't trying. Trying to figure out what other people need, trying to be worthy. Margaret Atwood
Nothin’ wrong with witchfinding. I’d like to be a witchfinder. It’s just, well, you’ve got to take it in turns. Today we’ll go out witchfinding, an’ tomorrow we could hide, an’ it’d be the witches’ turn to find US. Neil Gaiman
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself: 'Why, this is Christmas Day! Ray Stannard Baker
Lewis Carroll quote: "Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral,..."
Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. Lewis Carroll
The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied. Douglas Adams
I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better. A. J. Jacobs
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. Rumi
Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objectsof affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing afaded graven image, shabby as a miniature scarecrow. It puzzles me nowto remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, halffancying it alive and capable of sensation. I could not sleep unless it wasfolded in my night-gown; and when it lay there safe and warm, I wascomparatively happy, believing it to be happy likewise. Charlotte Bronte
There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty. Anne McCaffrey

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