Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; It is thinking that makes what we read ours.
~ John Locke
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Inspirational Quotes book (reviewed)
Mysterious
The world […] is indeed a strange and deeply mysterious place, forever changing and remaking itself anew. But this is not a novel condition, our world hasn’t only recently become bizarre and temporary, it has been so ever since its inception, and it will continue to be such until its end—mystifying and forever in a state of flux.
~ Nick Cave
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Amateurs
That’s all of us are: Amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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Luxury
If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxury.
~ Cicero
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Experience
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
~ Ram Dass
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Books
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
~ Mortimer J. Adler
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Words
Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
~ Tom Stoppard
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Sea
Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
~ Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Nature
I can do nothing without nature. I do not know how to make things up.
~ Manet
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Work
No country ever was built by people sleeping in. Austria was not built by people sleeping in. America was not built by people sleeping in. People struggled, people suffered, people worked their asses off to build this country.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Reading
He that loves reading has everything within his reach.
~ William Godwin
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Enlightened
If you think you’re enlightened go spend a week with your family.
~ Ram Dass
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Commitment
Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of it.
~ Rollo May
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