Things that we hear pass quicker from our minds than what we read. Great short quote and quotation by: Ausonius ,
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way. Great […]
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Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Caleb Colton , (1780 – 1832)
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To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Carlyle , Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 – 1881)
Vacant minds must have their uses, yet it seems a pity to waste first-class bodies on them. Great short quote and quotation by: Author Unknown ,
Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace. Great short quote and quotation by: U Thant ,
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)
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We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings. Great short quote and quotation by: Ludwig van Beethoven , German Romantic composer (1770 – 1827)
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Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human […]
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Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)
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