“In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.”
— Wallace Stevens
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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery
“Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.”
— David Herbert Lawrence
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Mere goodness can achieve little against the
“Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Our body is a machine for living.
“Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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Observe constantly that all things take place
“Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.”
— Marcus Aurelius
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The function of prayer is not to
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
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Fear not, we are of the nature
“Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.”
— Elizabeth I
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In nature, light creates the color. In
“In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.”
— Hans Hofmann
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Human beings are accustomed to think of
“Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.”
— Edward Thorndike
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The bluebird carries the sky on his
“The bluebird carries the sky on his back.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Nothing in human nature is so God-like
“Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.”
— Samuel Richardson
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