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Oneness Quotes (page 578)

Jules Renard quote: "The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation..."
The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. Jules Renard
Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry..."
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Jean-Paul Sartre
Yes, I know,' interrupted Puddleglum. 'And few return to the sunlit lands. You needn't say it again. You are a chap of one idea, aren't you? C. S. Lewis
Bayard Rustin quote: "The proof that one truly believes is in action."
The proof that one truly believes is in action. Bayard Rustin
Voltaire quote: "But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one..."
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight. Voltaire
If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more speakingly incomprehensible in the powers, the failures, the inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient; at others, so bewildered and so weak; and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our powers of recollecting and of... Jane Austen
Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the LivingLauren Oya Olamina Octavia Butler
Samuel Beckett quote: "I've got my faults, but changing my tune isn't one of them."
I've got my faults, but changing my tune isn't one of them. Samuel Beckett
Miss Prism: Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, Cecily. I wrote one myself in earlier days. Cecily: Did you really, Miss Prism? How wonderfully clever you are! I hope it did not end happily? I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much. Miss Prism: The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. Oscar Wilde
Nobody talked much as the expedition crossed the moon. There was nothing appropriate to say. One thing was clear: Absolutely everybody in the city was supposed to be dead, regardless of what they were, and that anybody that moved in it represented a flaw in the design. There were to be no moon men at all. Kurt Vonnegut
Nothing is as real as a dream. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away. Tom Clancy
Katharine Hepburn quote: "If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of..."
If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm. Katharine Hepburn
It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse. Terry Prachett
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never. Elie Wiesel
The Ephebians believed that every man should have the vote (provided that he wasn't poor, foreign, nor disqualified by reason of being mad, frivolous, or a woman). Every five years someone was elected to be Tyrant, provided he could prove that he was honest, intelligent, sensible, and trustworthy. Immediately after he was elected, of course, it was obvious to everyone that he was a criminal madman and totally out of touch with the view of the ordinary philosopher in the street looking for a... Terry Prachett

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