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Thing Quotes (page 280)

So many things which once had distressed or revolted him? the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their prohibitions, their refusal to allow the universe to move? all seemed to him now merely ridiculous, non-existent, compared with the majestic reality, the flood of energy, which now revealed itself to him: omnipresent, unalterable in its truth, relentless in its development, untouchable in its serenity, maternal and unfailing in its protectiveness. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Thomas Jefferson
Orhan Pamuk quote: "Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to..."
Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy. Orhan Pamuk
No,' said Gould, with an unusual and convincing gravity; 'I do not believe that being perfectly good in all respects would make a man merry.' 'Well,' said Michael quietly, 'will you tell me one thing? Which of us has ever tried it? Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence. Thomas Jefferson
Marianne Williamson quote: "Children are happy because they don't have a file in their..."
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong. Marianne Williamson
Harriet Beecher Stowe quote: "The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end."
The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end. Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Maynard Keynes quote: "The political problem of mankind is to combine three things:..."
The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty. John Maynard Keynes
This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Michel de Montaigne quote: "There were many terrible things in my life and most of them..."
There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened. Michel de Montaigne
Aw I don't wanta go to no such thing, I just wanta drink in alleys.'...But you'll miss all that, just for some old wine.'There's wisdom in wine, goddam it!' I yelled. 'Have a shot! Jack Kerouac
He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder. Tad Williams
Terry Prachett quote: "If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not..."
If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something. Terry Prachett
Homer quote: "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for..."
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. Homer
It was a dance of masks and every mask was perfect because every mask was a real face and every face was areal mask so there was no mask and there was no face for there was but one dance in which there was butone mask but one true face which was the same and which was a thing without a name which changed andchanged into itself over and over. Leonard Cohen

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