Short quotations about, lives - Page 3

Eleanor Roosevelt

Where, after all, do universal huma…

15 Feb , 2011  

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home- so close and so smallthat they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they arethe world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he […]

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James Joyce

Writing in English is the most inge…

27 Apr , 2010  

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins commited in previous lives. Great short quote and quotation by: James Joyce , Irish author (1882 – 1941)

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Voltaire

You despise books; you whose lives …

27 Apr , 2010  

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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Daisaku Ikeda

You must not for one instant give u…

27 Apr , 2010  

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the […]

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