There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)
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They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something […]
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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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Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were and from it the work that he desires to […]
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To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)
To become aware of the possiblity of the search is to be onto something. Great short quote and quotation by: Walker Percy ,
To find something you can enjoy is far better than finding something you can possess. Great short quote and quotation by: Glenn Holm ,
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Copeland ,
To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared. Great short quote and quotation by: E. H. Chapin ,
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