There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
There is nothing remarkable about it, all one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. Great short quote and quotation by: J. S . Bach ,
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Thomas More, […]
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Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Plato , Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC – 347 BC)
This coffee plunges into the stomach…the mind is aroused, and ideas pour forth like the battalions of the Grand Army on the field of battle…. Memories charge at full gallop…the light cavalry of comparisons deploys itself magnificently; the artillery of logic hurry in with their train of ammunition; flashes of wit pop up like sharp-shooters. […]
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George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will […]
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This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read. Great short quote and quotation by: Winston Churchill ,
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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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. Great short quote and quotation by: Quintilian , Roman rhetorician
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Francis Crawford ,
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. Great short quote and quotation by: Aaron Copland , US composer (1900 – 1990)
To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream. Great short quote and quotation by: Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar , US novelist & poet (1932 – 1963)