Quotes 241 till 260 of 327.
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The wealth that cannot be administered is a burden.
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The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!
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The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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Their is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
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Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
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There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
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There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.
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There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws.
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There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
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There is nothing more frightful than imagination without taste.
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There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
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Those are dead even for this life who hope for no other.
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