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Freedom is not an abstraction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, impoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life Picture Quote #1

A man can never have too much Time to himself, nor too little to do. Had I a little son, I would christen him Nothing-To-Do; he should do nothing. Man, I verily believe, is out of his element as long as he is operative. I am altogether for the life contemplative Picture Quote #1

There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and in sultry arbours, but it was labor thrown away. Those gay motes in the beam come about you, hovering and teasing, like so many coquets, that will have you all to their self, and are jealous of your abstractions. By the midnight taper, the writers digests his meditations. By the same light we must approach to their perusal, if we would catch the flame, the odour Picture Quote #1

There was a cold wind out on the street. It picked up the dust, whirled it about and suddenly scattered it, flinging it down like black chaff. There was an implacable severity in the frost, in the branches that tapped together like bones, in the icy blue of the tram-lines Picture Quote #1

Even now it comes as a shock if by chance I notice in the street a face resembling someone I know however slightly, and I am at once seized by a shivering violent enough to make me dizzy Picture Quote #1

Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you Picture Quote #1

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Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness Picture Quote #1

In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world's greatest discoveries have been by accident Picture Quote #1

Some of the greatest discoveries... consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why, post factum they appear so obvious Picture Quote #1

Tragedy was like that, a razor that sliced through time, severing the now from the before, incising the what - might - have - been from reality as cleanly as any surgeon's blade Picture Quote #1

There are certain half - dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed Picture Quote #1

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more Picture Quote #1

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against my will, my fate, A throne unsettled, and an infant state, Bid me defend my realms with all my powers, And guard with these severities my shores Picture Quote #1

And taking her friend's hand, she put it on her breast, on that firm round covering of a woman's heart which the male often finds so satisfying that he makes no attempt to find what lies beneath it Picture Quote #1

I was bitterly resentful, but somehow greatly relieved. And I respected him enormously for his clarity of thought, his obvious caring, and his unwillingness to equivocate in delivering bad news Picture Quote #1

This is all lie, she want to say to them. The dead are not hovering nearby to knock politely at teacups and tabletops and whisper through billowing curtains Picture Quote #1

From reveries so airy, from the toil of dropping buckets into empty wells, and growing old in drawing nothing up Picture Quote #1

Defend me, therefore, common sense, say from reveries so airy, from the toil of dropping buckets into empty wells, and growing old in drawing nothing up Picture Quote #1

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If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources Picture Quote #1

Reason has survival value, but when overused at the expense of our intuition, feeling, and spirit, reason cuts us off from discovering our full potential Picture Quote #1

The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment Picture Quote #1

It's okay to be happy, it's okay to live your life exactly the way you want it... It's okay to find what makes you happy and then to fight for it. To dedicate your life to discovering who you are Picture Quote #1

Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty Picture Quote #1

If a doctrine is not unintelligible, it has to be vague; and if neither unintelligible nor vague, it has to be unverifiable Picture Quote #1

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Life is impoverished, it loses in interest, when the highest stake in the game of living, life itself, may not be risked. It becomes as shallow and empty as, let us say, an American flirtation Picture Quote #1

She got a long pointed nose and big fleshy mouth. Lips look like black plum. Eyes big, glossy. Feverish. And mean. like, sick as she is, if a snake cross her path, she kill it Picture Quote #1

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent Picture Quote #1

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent Picture Quote #1

Amicus Plato - amicus Aristoteles - magis amica veritas. Plato is my friend - Aristotle is my friend - but my greatest friend is truth Picture Quote #1

In the end, the satisfaction which all of us seek, it seems, can come only from our discovering that we really have molded our life into whatever we want it to be Picture Quote #1

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Freedom is not an abstraction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, impoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life (Veri Quotes) A man can never have too much Time to himself, nor too little to do. Had I a little son, I would christen him Nothing-To-Do; he should do nothing. Man, I verily believe, is out of his element as long as he is operative. I am altogether for the life contemplative (Veri Quotes) There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and in sultry arbours, but it was labor thrown away. Those gay motes in the beam come about you, hovering and teasing, like so many coquets, that will have you all to their self, and are jealous of your abstractions. By the midnight taper, the writers digests his meditations. By the same light we must approach to their perusal, if we would catch the flame, the odour (Veri Quotes) There was a cold wind out on the street. It picked up the dust, whirled it about and suddenly scattered it, flinging it down like black chaff. There was an implacable severity in the frost, in the branches that tapped together like bones, in the icy blue of the tram-lines (Veri Quotes) Even now it comes as a shock if by chance I notice in the street a face resembling someone I know however slightly, and I am at once seized by a shivering violent enough to make me dizzy (Veri Quotes) Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you (Veri Quotes) Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness (Veri Quotes) In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world's greatest discoveries have been by accident (Veri Quotes) Some of the greatest discoveries... consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why, post factum they appear so obvious (Veri Quotes) Tragedy was like that, a razor that sliced through time, severing the now from the before, incising the what - might - have - been from reality as cleanly as any surgeon's blade (Veri Quotes) There are certain half - dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed (Veri Quotes) Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more (Veri Quotes) against my will, my fate, A throne unsettled, and an infant state, Bid me defend my realms with all my powers, And guard with these severities my shores (Veri Quotes) And taking her friend's hand, she put it on her breast, on that firm round covering of a woman's heart which the male often finds so satisfying that he makes no attempt to find what lies beneath it (Veri Quotes) I was bitterly resentful, but somehow greatly relieved. And I respected him enormously for his clarity of thought, his obvious caring, and his unwillingness to equivocate in delivering bad news (Veri Quotes) This is all lie, she want to say to them. The dead are not hovering nearby to knock politely at teacups and tabletops and whisper through billowing curtains (Veri Quotes) From reveries so airy, from the toil of dropping buckets into empty wells, and growing old in drawing nothing up (Veri Quotes) Defend me, therefore, common sense, say from reveries so airy, from the toil of dropping buckets into empty wells, and growing old in drawing nothing up (Veri Quotes) If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources (Veri Quotes) Reason has survival value, but when overused at the expense of our intuition, feeling, and spirit, reason cuts us off from discovering our full potential (Veri Quotes) The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment (Veri Quotes) It's okay to be happy, it's okay to live your life exactly the way you want it... It's okay to find what makes you happy and then to fight for it. To dedicate your life to discovering who you are (Veri Quotes) Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty (Veri Quotes) If a doctrine is not unintelligible, it has to be vague; and if neither unintelligible nor vague, it has to be unverifiable (Veri Quotes) Life is impoverished, it loses in interest, when the highest stake in the game of living, life itself, may not be risked. It becomes as shallow and empty as, let us say, an American flirtation (Veri Quotes) She got a long pointed nose and big fleshy mouth. Lips look like black plum. Eyes big, glossy. Feverish. And mean. like, sick as she is, if a snake cross her path, she kill it (Veri Quotes) If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent (Veri Quotes) If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent (Veri Quotes) Amicus Plato - amicus Aristoteles - magis amica veritas. Plato is my friend - Aristotle is my friend - but my greatest friend is truth (Veri Quotes) In the end, the satisfaction which all of us seek, it seems, can come only from our discovering that we really have molded our life into whatever we want it to be (Veri Quotes)

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