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I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master . . . The quality that had enchanted me in his imaginative works turned out to be the quality of the real universe, the divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic reality in which we all live. C. S. Lewis
Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of a philosophical character; we act on them in private life, in politics, in our work, and in every other sphere of our lives -- but while some of these assumptions are no doubt true, it is likely, that more are false and some are harmful. So the critical examination of our presuppositions -- which is a philosophical activity -- is morally as well as... Karl Popper
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The world we live in is but thickened light."
The world we live in is but thickened light. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We die for the One. -- the Ranger oath J. Michael Straczynski
Today we are faced with the pre-eminent fact that if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships, the ability of all peoples of all kins to live together and to work together in the same world at peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt
You were born into a state of grace. It is impossible for you to leave it. You will die in a state of grace whether or not special words are spoken for you, or water or oil is poured upon your head. You share this blessing with the animals and all other living things. You cannot fall out of grace, nor can it be taken from you. You can ignore it. You can hold beliefs that blind you to its existence. You will still be graced but unable to perceive you own uniqueness and integrity, and blind... Jane Roberts
Abraham Lincoln quote: "The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a..."
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. Abraham Lincoln
Bram Stoker quote: "Good women tell all their lives, and by day and by hour and by..."
Good women tell all their lives, and by day and by hour and by minute, such things that angels can read. Bram Stoker
A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives... Jonathan Kozol
The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses. Erica Jong
Albert Camus quote: "The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability..."
The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion. Albert Camus
Robert Penn Warren quote: "Dying--shucks! If you kin handle the living, what's to be..."
Dying--shucks! If you kin handle the living, what's to be afraid of the dying? Robert Penn Warren
Carl Jung quote: "The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the..."
The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents. Carl Jung
He, unfortunately for himself, had been beautifully brought up. His teacher had educated him as the child is educated in the womb, where it lives the history of man from fish to mammal--and, like the child in the womb, he had been protected with love meanwhile. The effect of such an education was that he had grown up without any of the useful accomplishments for living--without malice, vanity, suspicion, cruelty, and the commoner forms of selfishness. Jealousy seemed to him the most... T. H. White
Herb Caen quote: "Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San..."
Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there? Herb Caen

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